BattlefieldsCornish Rebellion — Bodmin muster and initial march 1497
Tudor

Cornish Rebellion — Bodmin muster and initial march 1497

1497
Cornwall, England
Also known as: Cornish Rising 1497 — Bodmin · Flamank and Angove muster
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Cornwall, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Crown loyalists in Cornwall
Forces
Crown levies c.500–1,500; Cornish uprising begins, loyalist defeat.
VS
Victor
Cornish rebels
Forces
Cornish rebels c.5,000–10,000
Outcome
Thomas Flamank and Michael An Gof led 15,000 Cornish men from Bodmin; marched east toward London protesting Scottish war tax
The Battle

History & Significance

The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 was triggered by Henry VII's demand for taxation to fund a war against Scotland. The Cornish argued they were too far from Scotland to benefit from its defence and had always been exempt from such levies. Led by a blacksmith, Michael An Gof, and a lawyer, Thomas Flamank, they marched nearly 300 miles to London — one of the longest rebel marches in English history — and were only defeated at the gates of the capital.

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