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Where was the ten-year-old pretender Lambert Simnel crowned 'King Edward VI of England' in May 1487?
The Yorkist coronation took place on 24 May 1487 in Dublin. The crown was reportedly borrowed from a nearby statue of the Virgin Mary. After defeat at Stoke Field, Henry VII put Simnel to work as a kitchen spit-turner.
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The Ten-Year-Old Pretender Who Was Crowned King of England in Dublin in 1487 and Then Worked in Henry VII's Kitchen Lambert Simnel was crowned Edward VI of England in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, on 24 May 1487, aged about 10. He was a baker's son being impersonated by Yorkist conspirators as the imprisoned Earl of Warwick. After his army lost the Battle of Stoke Field, Henry VII pardoned him and put him to work in the royal kitchens as a spit-turner.
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