| 词条 | Ralph Wulford |
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LifeHe is described in Robert Fabyan's Chronicles as son of a cordwainer in London, and he was not improbably a member of the London and Kent family of Wilford [for example, see Sir James Wilford].[2] He resembles Lambert Simnel in the obscurity of his origin. And, like Simnel, he was one of the tools used by the Yorkists in their endeavours to overthrow Henry VII. Like Simnel, too, he was made to impersonate the Earl of Warwick, eldest son of Edward IV's brother, the Duke of Clarence (see Edward, 1475–1499), though, according to Fabyan, Wilford only ‘avaunced himself to be the son or heir to the Earl of Warwick's lands’ (Chronicle, p. 686) — an absurd statement in view of the fact that Warwick was not more than four years older than Wulford. Wulford was educated for the part by one Patrick, an Austin friar,[3] and in 1498, rumours were spread abroad that that year was likely to be one of great danger for Henry VII (Cal. State Papers, Spanish, i. 206). Wulford began to confide to various persons in Kent — the scene of Warbeck's early attempts — that he was the real Earl of Warwick. Henry VII had, however, learned to be prompt in dealing with pretenders, and before the conspirators could take definite action both Wulford and his preceptor were arrested. DeathWulford was executed on Shrove Tuesday, 12 February 1499. Patrick was imprisoned for life.[4] Notes1. ^Albert Frederick Pollard, "Wulford, Ralph (1900)", Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 63 2. ^Fabyan, Robert, d. 1513, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924027941529 The new chronicles of England and France, in two parts](1811), pp. 685–6 3. ^Edward Hall, d. 1547, Hall's chronicle: containing the history of England, during the reign of Henry the Fourth, and the succeeding monarchs, to the end of the reign of Henry the Eighth, in which are particularly described the manners and customs of those periods. Carefully collated with the editions of 1548 and 1550 (1809), [https://archive.org/stream/hallschronicleco00halluoft#page/490/mode/2up page 490] 4. ^Wilhelm Busch, England under the Tudors (1895) Volume: 1, [https://archive.org/stream/englandundertudo01buscuoft#page/118/mode/2up page 119-120] References
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