Yorkshire refused to pay a subsidy for a war in Brittany, arguing they were exempt as a border county. When Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, tried to collect the tax, he was killed by a mob near Thirsk. Henry VII sent a royal army north; the rebels dispersed without a pitched battle. The ringleader John Chamber was executed. The episode demonstrated Yorkshire's enduring belief in its special status and resistance to southern taxation.
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