Battle of Stoke
June 16, 1487
In May 1487, the 10-year-old Lambert Simnel, an impostor posing as Edward Earl of Warwick, was crowned Edward VI in Dublin by a group of disaffected Yorkists led by the Earl of Lincoln, Viscount Lovell and Gerald Fitzgerald, Earl of Kildare.
An invasion of England was planned. Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Edward IV's sister, had supplied money and some 2,000 German mercenaries under the command of Martin Swartz. The rest of the army consisted of about 4,000 Irish under Sir Thomas Fitzgerald and perhaps 2,000 English retainers.
They sailed to England and landed near Barrow-in-Furness and moved to Masham in Yorkshire. From there they marched south probably via Rotherham, Mansfield and Southwell and crossed the River Trent close to East Stoke. Meanwhile, Henry VII had gathered his army at Leicester and marched via Loughborough to Nottingham where he met George Stanley, Lord Strange with an estimated 6,000 men. From there he marched up the Trent towards Newark.
The Earl of Oxford led the
vanguard of about 6,000 men. Henry and Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford marched
with the main battle of about 4,000 ahead of Lord Strange's contingent. On the
morning of 16th June 1487, Oxford's vanguard came upon the rebel army
and attacked without waiting for the rest of the Royal army. The Earl of Lincoln
had probably deployed his army with his English troops on the right, the
mercenaries under Swartz in the centre, and
the Irish under Fitzgerald on the left.
At first the rebel army did well, but after 3 hours of fighting and with more of Henry's troops arriving on the battlefield, the rebels were gradually pushed back towards the Trent. Then the Irish routed and Lincoln and Swartz were surrounded and massacred. In all 4,000 rebels were killed. The ferocity of the fighting is underlined by the fact that at least half of Oxfords 6,000 van was either killed or wounded.
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Alexander Appleby, attainted November 1487 |
Sir John Arundel, knighted after battle |
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George Ascough |
Sir John Babington, knighted after battle |
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Sir Ralph Ashton |
William Bedyll |
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John Avintry, attainted November 1487 |
Edward Belknap |
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Richard Bank, attainted November 1487 |
Sir Roger Bellingham, knighted after battle |
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Thomas Batell, attainted November 1487 |
Sir Edmund Beningfield, create knight banneret after battle |
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John Beaumont, attainted November 1487 |
Sir Maurice Berkeley, knighted after battle |
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Thomas Blandrehasset, attainted November 1487 |
Sir James Blount, created knight banneret after battle |
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Sir Henry Bodrugan, attainted November 1487 |
Sir Thomas Blount, knighted after battle |
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John Broughton, attainted November 1487 |
Sir Henry Bold, knighted after battle |
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Sir Thomas Broughton, killed in battle, attainted November 1487 |
Sir Robert Brandon, knighted after battle |
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Wiliiam Claxton, fined |
Sir Thomas Brandon |
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Philip Constable of Flamborough, fined |
Sir Robert Broughton, knighted after battle |
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Thomas David |
Sir Anthony Brown, knighted after battle |
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Thomas Fitzgerald, killed in battle |
Robert Brudenell |
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Edward Frank, imprisoned and fined, attainted November 1487 |
William Bulmer |
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Thomas Geraldine, killed in battle |
Sir Edward Burgh, knighted after battle |
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William Hammond |
Sir Maurice Burgh, knighted after battle |
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Roger Harlington |
Sir William Carew, knighted after battle |
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James Harrington, attainted November 1487 |
Sir John Cheney, created knight banneret after battle |
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Thomas Harrington, attainted November 1487 |
Sir Robert Cheney, knighted after battle |
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Richard Harleston, escaped to Burgundy, attainted November 1487 |
Henry Lord Clifford |
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Sir Edmund Hastings, pardoned |
Sir Robert Clifford, knighted after battle |
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Robert Hilton, attainted November 1487 |
Sir Gervase Clifton |
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Richard Hodgeson, attainted November 1487 |
Sir Thomas Cokesey, knighted after battle |
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Edmund Juse, attainted November 1487 |
Robert Cotton |
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William Kay, attainted November 1487 |
Edward Courtnay, Earl of Devon |
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Francis Viscount Lovel, fate unknown |
Sir Richard Croft, created knight banneret after battle |
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Giles Mallary of Grevysnorton, attainted November 1487 |
Robert Daniel |
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John Mallary of Lichborough, attainted November 1487 |
Sir Edward Darell, knighted after battle |
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Robert Mallary of Fallesley, attainted November 1487 |
Sir Richard Delebare, knighted after battle |
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William Mallary, attainted November 1487 |
Sir John Devenish, knighted after battle |
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Robert Manning, attainted November 1487 |
Sir John Digby, knighted after battle |
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Thomas Metcalfe, fined |
Sir Simon Digby |
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Richard Middleton, attainted November 1487 |
Edward Fielding |
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Nicholas Musgrave of Brackenthwaite |
Thomas Findern |
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Robert Percy of Knaresborough, attainted November 1487 |
Sir Richard Fitzlewis, knighted after battle |
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Sir Robert Percy of Scotton |
Godfrey Foljambe |
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Sir Thomas Pilkington |
Sir John Fortesque, knighted after battle |
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John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, killed in battle, attainted November 1487 |
Thomas Green |
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John Pullen, pardoned |
Thomas Gresley |
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Rowland Robinson, imprisoned and fined, attainted November 1487 |
Edward Grey, Viscount Lisle |
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John Lord Scrope of Bolton |
George Grey of Ruthin |
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Sir Thomas Scrope of Masham, imprisoned and fined |
John Lord Grey of Powys |
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Clement Skelton, attainted November 1487 |
Sir Thomas Grey, knighted after battle |
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Lambert Simnel, crowned Edward VI, made part of Henry VII’s household |
Nicholas Griffin |
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Sir Thomas Hansard, knighted after battle |
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Sir James Harrington, knighted after battle |
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Edward Lord Hastings |
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Sir George Hopton, knighted after battle |
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William Hugton |
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John Hussey |
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William Knyvet |
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John Langford |
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Richard Latimer |
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Sir William Littleton, knighted after battle |
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Sir John Longville, knighted after battle |
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Sir Ralph Longford, knighted after battle |
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Sir George Lovel, knighted after battle |
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Sir Thomas Lovel, knighted after battle |
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Edmund Lucy |
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Sir Thomas Lynde, knighted after battle |
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John Markham |
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Henry Marney |
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William Merbury |
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William Mering |
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Thomas Monington |
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John Montgomery |
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John Mordaunt |
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Sir John Mortimer, knighted after battle |
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Sir John Musgrave, knighted after battle |
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Sir George Neville, knighted after battle |
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John Neville of Thornbridge |
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Ralph Neville |
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William Newport |
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Sir Edward Norris, knighted after battle |
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Sir William Norris, knighted after battle |
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George Ogle |
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Roger Ormston |
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Sir James Parker, knighted after battle |
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Sir John Paston, knighted after battle |
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Sir Amyas Paulet, knighted after battle |
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Robert Paynton |
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Sir Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland |
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David Philip |
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Sir Edward Pickering, knighted after battle |
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William Pierpont |
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Sir Richard Pole, knighted after battle |
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Sir Thomas Poole, knighted after battle |
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Thomas Pulteney |
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Sir Robert Radclyff, knighted after battle |
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Sir William Radmill, knighted after battle |
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John Rainsford |
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John St. John |
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Richard Sacheverell |
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Sir William Sandes, knighted after battle |
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Sir John Sapcote, knighted after battle |
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Sir Humphrey Savage, knighted after battle |
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Sir John Savage |
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Robert Sheffield |
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Sir Ralph Shirley, knighted after battle |
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Charles Somerset |
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Edward Stafford, Earl of Wiltshire |
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Edward Stanhope |
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George Stanley, Lord Strange |
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Humphrey Stanley |
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Sir Humphrey Stanley, created knight banneret after battle |
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Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby |
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Sir Brian Stapleton |
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Sir William Stonor, created knight banneret after battle |
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Edward Sutton |
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George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury |
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Sir Gilbert Talbot, created knight banneret after battle |
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Thomas Tempest |
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Rhys ap Thomas |
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Robert Throckmorton |
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Sir William Tirwhit, knighted after battle |
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Sir William Troutbeck, knighted after battle |
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Henry Tudor, King of England |
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Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford |
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Sir Thomas Tyrell, knighted after battle |
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Sir William Vampage, knighted after battle |
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Sir Nicholas Vaux, knighted after battle |
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Henry Vernon |
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John Villiers |
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Thomas Walton |
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John William |
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Sir Henry Willoughby, knighted after battle |
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Sir John Windham, knighted after battle |
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Guy Wolston |
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Sir Thomas Wolton, knighted after battle |
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Sir Edward Woodville, Lord Scales |
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Sir Christopher Wroughton, knighted after battle |
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