Editing Lambert Simnel (section)

{{Short description|Pretender to the throne of King Henry VII of England}}
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{{Infobox pretender
| name         = Lambert Simnel
| image        = Lambert simnel.jpg
| birth_date   = c. 1477
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| death_date   = After 1534 (aged approximately 57)
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| regnal       = Edward VI of England<br>Crowned on 24 May 1487 at [[Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin|Christ Church Cathedral]], [[Dublin]]
| title        = Pretended Earl of Warwick
| throne       = [[Kingdom of England|England]]
| pretend from = 1487
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| relationship = Claimed to be [[Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick]], son of [[George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence]]
| house        = In the name of the [[House of York]]
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'''Lambert Simnel''' (c. 1477 &ndash; after 1534) was a pretender to the throne of England. In 1487, his claim to be [[Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick]], threatened the newly established reign of [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] (1485&ndash;1509). Simnel became the figurehead of a Yorkist rebellion organised by [[John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln]]. The rebellion was crushed in 1487. Simnel was pardoned because of his tender years, and was thereafter employed by the royal household as a [[domestic worker|scullion]].