Following this, Provost Marshal Sir Anthony Kingston was sent into Cornwall to seek retribution. The main confrontations were the siege of Exeter, the battles of Fenny Bridges, Woodbury Common, Clyst St Mary, Clyst Heath (where 900 unarmed Cornish prisoners were killed) and Sampford Courtenay.
some 5,000 "rebels" were killed by mercenary forces. The Cornish rose up in the Prayer Book Rebellion against the imposition by Edward VI of the use of the Book of Common Prayer in English. Second Cornish Uprising of 1497 - The Cornish march on Exeter and Taunton before the pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck was captured at Beaulieu Abbey in Hampshire. Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank were hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Warmly welcomed, he is proclaimed King Richard IV at Bodmin. On September 7th Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the throne, lands at Whitesand Bay, near Land's End. On 16th June the Cornish force, armed only with country weapons, are routed. They lead a march of 40,000 Cornish to London, are joined by Lord Audley en route, but are confronted by 10000 of Henry's men under Lord Daubeney. Resistance, particularly at St Keverne under the leadership of Michael Joseph an gof of Lizard village, gains momentum at Bodmin when taken up by lawyer, Thomas Flamank. Cornish uprising against Henry VII's taxation to pay for his war against the Scots, which is a curtailment of Cornish constitutional rights under the Stannary law Charter of 1305 (that no tax of 10ths and 15ths may be raised in Cornwall).
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