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A number of Yorkist adherents rallied to his cause, and in May, 1487, Simnel and his supporters, led by John de la Pole, earl of Lincoln (see under Pole , family), crossed to England and were defeated by the forces of Henry VII at the battle of Stoke (June, 1487).

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