The maintenance of a coastal watch by the Cornish tin miners in 1497 — even as a large body of Cornish rebels marched to Blackheath — illustrated the deeply ingrained tradition of coastal defence in Cornwall. The watch was particularly important because Warbeck was known to be at sea and the Cornish coast was the most obvious landing point for a force coming from Ireland or France. The tin miners community organisation made them an effective standing coastal militia.
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Cornish tin miners maintaining coastal watches at headlands from Land End to the Tamar
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