The siege of Exeter was the central military act of the Western Rising. The rebel host of Cornish and Devon men invested the city from late June to early August 1549. The siege failed because Exeter city government remained loyal despite the Protestant Prayer Book they were defending being unpopular. Russell relief of the city with German and Italian mercenaries broke the rebellion military coherence.
Several hundred during siege period
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