Warbeck
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Perkin
[pur-kin] /ˈpɜr kɪn/ (Show IPA), 1474–99, Flemish imposter who pretended to the throne of England.
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Perkin (ˈpɜːkɪn). ?1474–99, Flemish impostor, pretender to the English throne. Professing to be Richard, Duke of York, he led an unsuccessful rising against Henry VII (1497) and was later executed
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