Lambert Simnel

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Lambert Simnel
Pretender
Born	c. 1477
Died	After 1534 (aged approximately 57)
Regnal name claimed	Edward VI of England Crowned on 24 May 1487 at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Title(s)	Pretended Earl of Warwick
Throne(s) claimed	England
Pretend from	1487
Connection with	Claimed to be Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, son of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence
Royal House	In the name of the House of York

Lambert Simnel (c. 1477 – 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 (1485–1509). 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 scullion.