Humphrey Arundell led the main Cornish rebel force on the march from Bodmin eastward through Launceston and across Devon toward Exeter in June 1549. The march covered some 60 miles through hostile or at best ambivalent territory. Several Cornish gentry joined en route and the force swelled with Devon recruits. The march demonstrated the organisational capacity of the western rebellion and its regional scope.
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