John, Lord Wenlock
John, Lord Wenlock, was active as a soldier, administrator and politically from his election as constable of Vernon in 1422 until his death in the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4th May 1471. Wenlock’s early service…
Lambert Simnel
Lambert Simnel was a boy who became the figurehead of a Yorkist attempt to overthrow King Henry VII. It was claimed that he was Edward, Earl of Warwick, the son of George, Duke of Clarence.…
Perkin Warbeck
Perkin Warbeck was a pretender to the throne of England. Born in Tournay, claimed to be Richard, Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower. From 1492 until his execution in 1499 Warbeck…
Sir Griffith Vaughan
Sir Griffith Vaughan (Vychan) was a Welsh Burgess who lived until 1447. Legend has it that Vaughan was one of the Welshmen who saved the life of King Henry V during the Battle of Agincourt,…
Sir Thomas Vaughan
Sir Thomas Vaughan is best known for being one of the men who were executed on the orders of Richard III in April 1483. In his sixties at the time of his execution, Sir Thomas…
Sir James Tyrell
Sir James Tyrell was named in Sir Thomas More’s History of England as being the man responsible for the murder of the Princes in the Tower. More’s account states that Tyrell confessed to having murdered…
Owen Tudor
Owen Tudor was born on the Island of Anglesey c1400. His family had standing within the Welsh nobility and it is possibly due to that standing that he was able to gain employment within the…
Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond
Edmund Tudor was born in Much Hadam in 1430 to Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois. A half-brother to King Henry VI, he was knighted by King Henry VI in 1449 and elevated to the…
Sir Andrew Trollope
Sir Andrew Trollope was a career soldier who was based in Calais as the Wars of the Roses broke out. Appointed as a sergeant-porter of Calais in the early 1450’s, his loyalties had seemed to…
John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester
John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester was born c1427 and executed in 1470. He gained notoriety as Constable of England earning him the moniker of “Butcher of England”. Having inherited the titles of Lord Tiptoft and…