While the main Prayer Book Rebellion was focused on the siege of Exeter, a contingent of rebels from Cornwall and Devon marched eastward, reaching the edge of Wiltshire before being turned back. Had the two great Tudor rebellions of 1549 — the Western Rising and Kett's Rebellion — coordinated their actions, Somerset's government might have collapsed. The failure of coordination between geographically separated rebellions was a recurring weakness of Tudor-era uprisings.
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