Day: 23 November 2017

Perkin Warbeck

Perkin Warbeck first came to international attention in 1490, when he showed up at the court of Burgundy claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the second-born son of King Edward IV.  He said he had miraculously escaped from the Tower after his older brother, King Edward V, was murdered because his captors took pity on his youth.… Read more Perkin Warbeck