Perkin Warbeck (Alison Weir thinks this is from Peter), was thought to be from Flanders, and perhaps because people though he looked like Edward the IV, was coached to be the reborn Richard IV. Ironically he was to end up in the same place as Richard Gloucester, the Tower of London, before being hanged at Tyburn.
This guy convinced the King of France that his blood was royal to the extent that the King arranged him a royal marriage to Lady Kathrine Gordon, daughter of the Earl of Huntly. Apparently she was considered to be so beautiful that after Perkin's failed attempt to take the throne, Kathrine was saved by her body. She became a lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth. The discriminatory effects of beauty have a long pedigree. Perkin must have needed to live life on the edge because despite Henry VII ridiculously merciful settlement, he tried to escape twice. (Second time was thought to be a sting operation.)
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| The spot in the middle of a traffic Island where the dred gallows were thought to have been erected. |
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| Consecration of a restored site plaque. |
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| The Tyburn Convert, created as a shrine to the Catholic Martyrs |
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