Perkin Warbeck besieged Exeter in September 1497 claiming the English throne as Richard Duke of York; the citizens fiercely resisted his assault on the gates, and Warbeck withdrew when he learned that Henry VII was advancing with a royal army; Henry later rewarded Exeter with a cap of maintenance and a sword of state.
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