BattlefieldsPerkin Warbeck — Midlands March 1495
Tudor

Perkin Warbeck — Midlands March 1495

1495
Staffordshire, England
Also known as: Warbeck's Attempted Invasion · Perkin Warbeck in the Midlands
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Staffordshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Perkin Warbeck
Forces
Warbeck supporters c.200–500; brief skirmish, government victory.
VS
Victor
Government (Henry VII)
Forces
Henry VII loyalists c.500–1,500
Outcome
Warbeck's Kent landing failed; Midlands remained loyal
The Battle

History & Significance

Perkin Warbeck — the most serious Yorkist pretender after Lambert Simnel — made his first landing attempt in England. His expedition attracted no English support and he sailed away. Henry VII's intelligence network and the loyalty of Midlands gentry prevented the uprising from spreading. The episode demonstrates how completely Bosworth and Stoke Field had settled the Tudor succession in the Midlands.

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