Stafford and Lovell rebellion | |||||||
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Part of the Wars of the Roses | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
House of Tudor (Lancastrian) | House of York | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Henry VII Duke of Bedford Sir Richard Edgcumbe Sir John Savage |
Viscount Lovell Sir Humphrey Stafford Thomas Stafford |
The Stafford and Lovell rebellion was the first armed uprising against King Henry VII after he won the crown at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. The uprising was led by Francis Lovell, Viscount Lovell, along with Sir Humphrey Stafford and Thomas Stafford, brothers from Grafton, Worcestershire. The uprising occurred during Eastertime 1486.[1]