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Where was the pretender Perkin Warbeck hanged in November 1499?
Warbeck — who had claimed for eight years to be Richard of Shrewsbury, the younger Prince in the Tower — was hanged at Tyburn on 23 November 1499. The real Earl of Warwick was beheaded at the Tower five days later.
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The Flemish Boatman's Son Who Convinced Half of Europe He Was the Younger Prince in the Tower for Eight Years Perkin Warbeck claimed from 1490 to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the younger of the two Princes in the Tower. He was recognised by Margaret of Burgundy, James IV of Scotland, and Maximilian I of Austria. He landed in Cornwall in 1497 with 8,000 supporters, was captured, and was hanged at Tyburn on 23 November 1499.
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