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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