"Man, if you need a job THAT badly..."

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"Man, if you need a job THAT badly..."
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lambert-Simnel-English-pretender

Lambert Simnel (born c. 1475—died 1535?) was an impostor and claimant to the English crown, the son of an Oxford joiner, who was a pawn in the conspiracies to restore the Yorkist line after the victory of Henry VII (1485).

In June 1487, Simnel landed in Lancashire, supported by 2,000 German mercenaries provided by Edward IV’s sister Margaret, duchess of Burgundy, and in company with a genuine Yorkist claimant, John de la Pole, earl of Lincoln, who had abandoned his temporary loyalty to the Tudors. The issue was settled in the Battle of Stoke (June 1487); Lincoln was killed, Simnel and Symonds were taken, the other Yorkist leaders disappeared. Symonds was kept in prison, but Henry VII displayed only sardonic contempt for Simnel, whom he recognized to have been a harmless dupe. Employed in the royal kitchens, the pretender made a modest career for himself, dying soon after 1534.

So the kid was twelve? I can see why the king felt bad for the boy. 47 years in a royal kitchen was probably decent living for the times.



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