Perkin Warbeck timeline

Born in Tournai, Burgundy

1475

Became a servant for Sir Edward Brampton (a Yorkist)

1485

Brampton took him to Ireland with another Yorkist, John Taylor, to impersonate Richard, Duke of York (the younger prince)

1491

Most Irish lords, including Kildare, refused to support Warbeck, and Henry Tudor dispatched troops to Ireland

1491

Warbeck travelled to France, where Charles VIII received him as a prince

1492

Henry Tudor and Charles signed the Treaty of Etaples agreeing not to shelter rebels

November 1492

Warbeck was forced to go to the court of Margaret of Burgundy, where she tutored him in the ways of the Yorkist court

1493

Tudor imposed a trade ban on Burgundy after Archduke Philip ignored his protests about harbouring Warbeck

1493

Warbeck is welcomed at the court of the new Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian

1493

Tudor’s spies uncovered English conspirators in the government

1494

Sir William Stanley was executed for conspiracy

February 1495

Warbeck tried and failed to land at Deal, Kent. He then fled to Ireland

July 1495

Warbeck fled to Scotland after being driven out of Ireland by Sir Edward Poynings. He was given a royal welcome by James IV, and married James’ cousin, Lady Catherine Gordon

1495

James IV supported an unsuccessful invasion of England

September 1495

James IV signed the Truce of Ayton with Tudor

1497

Warbeck moved to Ireland, but got rejected

July 1497

Warbeck landed in Cornwall to profit from the Cornish rebellion, but received little support and was arrested

1497

Warbeck was put in the Tower of London. The Earl of Warwick was beheaded, and Warbeck was hung, drawn, and quartered after a failed escape attempt

1498