What is Cornish rebellion of 1497?
[[Image:AnGofPlaqueBlackheath.jpg|thumb|right|Commemorative plaque in Cornish and English for Michael Joseph the Smith (An Gof) and Thomas Flamank mounted on the north side of Blackheath common, south east London, near the south entrance to Greenwich Park]] The '''Cornish Rebellion of 1497''' was a popular uprising by the people of [[Cornwall]] in the far southwest of [[Great Britain|Britain]]. Its primary cause was the people's response to the raising of war [[taxes]] by King [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] to pay for a campaign against [[Scotland]]. Tin miners were angered as the scale of the taxes overturned previous rights granted by [[Edward I of England]] to the Cornish Stannary Parliament which exempted Cornwall from all taxes of 10ths or 15ths of income. ==Rebellion== In reaction to King Henry's [[tax]] levy, Michael Joseph (An Gof), a [[blacksmith]] from [[St Keverne]] and Thomas Flamank a [[lawyer]] from [[Bodmin]], persuaded many of the people of Cornwall to revolt against the King. An army of 15,000 marched into [[Devon]], attracting support in terms of provisions and recruits as they went. Apart from one isolated incident at [[Taunton]] their march was not accompanied by any violence or looting. From [[Taunton]], they moved on to [[Wells]], where they were joined by the seventh Baron Audley, an able soldier. ===From Wells to Winchester and Kent=== After issuing a declaration of grievances, the army left [[Wells]] and marched to [[Winchester]] via [[Bristol]] and [[Salisbury]], remarkably unopposed as they progressed across the south of [[England]]. At this point, having come so far, there seems to have been some questioning of what exactly should be done. Flamank proposed that they should head for [[Kent]], 'the classic soil of protests', the home of the [[Peasants' Revolt]] of 1381 and [[Jack Cade]]'s rebellion, to rally the volatile men of [[Kent]] to their banner. Having failed to attract support in Kent part of the army abandoned the march and returned home while the rest turned towards Sur