The six-week siege of Exeter was the centrepiece of the Prayer Book Rebellion. The men of Devon and Cornwall refused the new Protestant Prayer Book of 1549, calling it 'a Christmas game', and assembled an army of 6,000–8,000. The city held out heroically. Lord Russell, sent to relieve it, faced a series of engagements along the Exe valley before finally breaking through. The rebellion was the most serious threat to Protector Somerset's regime and helped cause his fall.
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