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unusual facts about Warbeck


Warbeck

Perkin Warbeck (circa 1474–1499), pretender to the English throne during the reign of King Henry VII of England


Antonio Margheriti

Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987) made for Italian TV, starring Anthony Quinn, David Warbeck & John Morghen

David Warbeck

In 1997, a few weeks before his death, Warbeck recorded an audio commentary for the laserdisc release of The Beyond with actress Catriona MacColl.

Philip Lindsay

They Have Their Dreams, about Perkin Warbeck, claims that Warbeck was really the illegitimate son of Margaret of York and a clergyman.

Richard IV

Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, impersonated by Warbeck, and who the TV character was very loosely based on

Second Cornish Uprising of 1497

Warbeck proclaimed that he would put a stop to extortionate taxes levied to help fight a war against Scotland and was warmly welcomed in Cornwall.

Warbeck had seen the potential of the Cornish unrest in the 1st Cornish Rebellion of 1497 even though the Cornish had been defeated at the Battle of Blackheath on 17 June 1497.

Simon Mountford

Sir Simon Mountford, MP for Warwickshire, 1463 and supporter of Perkin Warbeck


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