BattlefieldsWestern Rising — Bodmin Muster June 1549
Tudor

Western Rising — Bodmin Muster June 1549

1549
England
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Royal forces
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Cornish commons and gentry c.5,000-7,000
Outcome
Cornish host assembled at Bodmin; articles of grievance drawn up; army marched east to join Devon rebels
The Battle

History & Significance

Bodmin was the assembly point for the Cornish contingent of the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549. Under Humphrey Arundell and Henry Bray the mayor, the commons of Cornwall gathered here and formally constituted their army before marching east into Devon to join their Devon counterparts. The Bodmin muster produced the articles of the western rebels, demanding restoration of the old Latin mass and dissolution of the new prayer book.

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