The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Perkin Warbeck (1474 - 1499)

A pretender to the English throne claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, second son of Edward IV. He attempted several landings in England and surrendered in Hampshire in 1497. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/28669 References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) Of private Persons, the oldest is Sir Henry Wentworth to Sir W. Calverley upon the Landing of Perkyn Warbeck 1497. Garter Wrythesley concerning the Funeral of Qu. Elizabeth, Wife to Hen. 7. Mr. Tho. Perkyn concerning Muskelborough Castle. The following Names are taken out of a vast Number of the Clergy and Laity, as more eminent for Learning, Benefactions, or military Atchievements, &c.