'Simnel' refers to a traditional Easter (what?), originating in medieval England?
Simnel cake in service would make one to be taken home to their mothers on their day off. However, this was by no means the norm, and by the late twentieth century the cake had simply become an Easter cake. The word "simnel" probably derived from the Latin word "simila", meaning fine, wheaten flour. The meaning of the word "simnel" is unclear: there is a 1226 reference to "bread made into a simnel", which is understood to mean the finest white bread, A popular legend attributes the invention of the Simnel cake to Lambert Simnel; however, references to the cake were recorded
Lambert Simnel Lambert Simnel Lambert Simnel (c. 1477 – c. 1525) was a pretender to the throne of England. His claim to be Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick in 1487 threatened the newly-established reign of King Henry VII (who reigned 1485–1509). Simnel became the figurehead of a Yorkist rebellion organised by John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln. The rebellion was crushed in 1487. Simnel was pardoned and was thereafter employed by the Royal household as a scullion, and, later, as a falconer. Simnel was born around 1477. His real name is not known—contemporary records call him John, not Lambert, and