The Lambert Simnel Rebellion
and
the battle of Stoke Field 1487:
Dr Christopher Scott

A lecture and sandwich lunch
12.30-2.00pm  29th September 2014
Hosted by
The Fusiliers Museum London in the
Officer's Mess of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
HM Tower of London

There is a popular misconception that all Henry Tydr’s troubles came to an end on Bosworth Field in 1485 when the truth is that his reign was dogged by plots, discontent and uprisings. Two of these centred around Yorkist pretenders to his throne and whilst many people know a little about the second of these men, Perkin Warbeck, perhaps because of television dramatisations, very few have heard if the first, Lambert Simnel, whose rebellion two years after Bosworth threatened to plunge England once more into civil war and resulted in a bloody battle near Newark.

Dr. Christopher Scott, a member of the Battlefields Trust and a founder of the Guild of Battlefield Guides recently took a group of fellow historians and guides on a tour of the site of that battle and for it prepared a short lecture to set the engagement in context. It is an exciting story of opportunism, clandestine intrigue, high finance, and international wheeling and dealing which came to a bloody and dramatic climax and comes complete with tales of murderous atrocities and a walled-up skeleton..

Our hosts will be the Fusiliers Museum and the event includes a sandwich lunch a glass of wine and the opportunity to network in the exclusive surroundings of the Fusiliers mess in HM Tower of London.

If you would like to attend this lunchtime talk, please make a donation of £25 for each attendee (£20 for members of the Battlefields Trust) and email your name, contact number and any special requirements (dietary/mobility) to helen@battlefieldstrust.org On receipt, email confirmation will be sent together with directions to the venue. If you have any questions, please ring 0207 387 6620. We look forward to welcoming you.

In order for you to be receive a pass allowing you access to the RRF Building inside the Tower of London and be included in the catering you must book at least 48 hours before the event.

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