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Perkin Warbeck was born in 1474 and, in 1491, worked for Pierre Jean Meno-Breton Silk Merchant

1491: Warbeck travels to Cork where he is viewed by many of the Irish, staunch supporters of the House of York, that he was the Earl of Warwick

Warbeck denies he is the Earl of Warwick but claims to be Richard of York (Prof. S.B. Chimes believes that Charles VIII + Margaret of Burgundy were working in a plot to undermine Henry)

Travels to France in 1492, where King Charles VIII of France welcomes Warbeck in Paris, 100 House of supporters gather to him + Margaret of Burgundy accepts him as her nephew in Flanders.

Henry saw this and cut off trade with Flanders in 1493 despite the cloth trade being integral to England

The Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I accepted Warbeck as Richard IV of England, but this was less pressuring to Henry that it seemed because, in reality-in comparison to on paper, Maximilian was less powerful and he had littler influence within English politics when he had to maintain his authority across his Empire

Charles VIII was also more interested in the north of Italy-where he subsequently invaded in 1494

Henry set up a good spy network across England and mainland Europe-which helped him discover that Warbeck's support wasn't as large as it seemed

To further consolidate his power, Parliament passed multiple acts of Attained against those who didn't support him: Lord William Stanley, whose army had won the tide for Lancaster in the battle of Bosworth + who was Lord Chamberlain, was executed with his estates passed to the King, Lord Fitzwalter, Henry's steward, was executed + Sir Robert Clifford, who received a full pardon and a reward for his role because he actually told Henry who the traitors were.

July 1495: Tried to get deal in Kent but this failed+he left for Ireland, leaving some of his men stranded in Deal

Sailed to Scotland from Ireland, where he received support from James IV, a pension of £1,200 per year + a marriage proposal to Lady Cathrine Gordon (Who later became Elizabeth of York's lady-in-waiting-controversy on her being like a prisoner within her household)

James IV believed this was his chance to disrupt England-though whether he believed Warbeck is doubtful

Warwick tried to use his pension to stage an invasion of England-which James encouraged-but this failed as people south of the border didn't support him

To solve the problem of Scotland supporting Warbeck, Henry offered the hand of his eldest daughter, Margaret, to James-which he accepted, believing this to be of more advantage than Warbeck's action of pressure to England.

Warbeck, anticipating his time in Scotland was over, sailed to Ireland in the July of 1497 where he wasn't accepted, even by the Yorkish stronghold, and he sailed for Devon

Only a few thousand supported him in Devon and the people Exeter and Taunton drove him out

Warbeck fled to Beaulieu Abbey, where he hoped to find sanctuary but where he was, in August 1497, forced to surrender with the hope that, as a Foreigner, he wouldn't be hung, drawn and quartered

Henry kept Warbeck at court but he tried to escape and so was put in the stocks, humiliated and sent to the Tower where, trying to escape a second time, was found guilty of treachery and hung on 23rd November 1499.

Warbeck was needed gone otherwise Ferdinand of Castile would not approve of a marriage between his daughter, Catherine of Aragon, and Henry's eldest son, Prince Arthur of Wales.

Warbeck cost Henry £13,000 (equal to around £10 million in 2016)