to the civil warring, but also because the Tudors' own line was fragile and insecure, trying to reconcile the mortal enemies who had weakened England to the point of having to bow to new pressures, rather than dictate diplomacy on English terms. Rebellions against the Tudors The following English rebellions took place against the House of Tudor: Yorkist risings against Henry VII (1486–1487) The first was the Rebellion of the Stafford brothers and Viscount Lovell of 1486, which collapsed without fighting. In 1487, Yorkists led by John, Earl of Lincoln rebelled in support of Lambert Simnel, a boy who was claimed to be the Earl of Warwick, son of Edward IV's brother Clarence (who had last been seen as a prisoner in the Tower). The rebellion began in Ireland, where the traditionally Yorkist nobility, headed by the powerful Gerald, Earl of Kildare, proclaimed Simnel King and provided troops for his invasion of England. The rebellion was defeated and Lincoln killed at the Battle of Stoke. Yorkshire Rebellion (1489) — Rioting led by Sir John Egremont was suppressed by Thomas, Earl of Surrey but not before Henry, Earl of Northumberland was killed collecting taxes for the War in Brittany. Cornish Rebellion (1497) Second Cornish Uprising of 1497 — Perkin Warbeck, who claimed to be Richard, the younger of the "Princes in the Tower", landed in Cornwall with a few thousand troops, but was soon captured and executed in 1499. Rebellions against Henry VIII The Amicable Grant Rebellion (1525) The Pilgrimage of Grace (1536) Rebellions against Edward VI's "protectors" The Western Rebellion or Prayer Book Rebellion (1549) Kett's Rebellion (1549) Rebellions against Mary I Wyatt's Rebellion (1554) Rebellions against Elizabeth I The Rebellion of the Northern Earls (1569) The Essex Rebellion (1601) Tudor monarchs of England and Ireland The six Tudor monarchs were: Armorial Before the succession Coat of arms as sovereigns As Prince of Wales, Arthur, Henry, and Edward all bore these arms, Tudor badges The Welsh Dragon supporter honoured the Tudors' Welsh origins. The most popular symbol of the house of Tudor was the Tudor rose (see top of page). When Henry Tudor took the crown of England from Richard III in battle, he brought about the end of the Wars of the Roses between the House of Lancaster (whose badge was a red rose) and the House of York (whose badge was a white rose). He married Elizabeth of