A rising breaks out in Cornwall at Henry VII's demands for
taxation to fund his war with Scotland, which the Cornish saw as
violating the special tax privileges they had been granted by
Edward I. Under the leadership of James Tutchet, Lord Audley, and a
blacksmith known as An Gof, an army of 15,000 marched eastwards
from Taunton through the southern counties to attack London.
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Editors, Litencyc. "Cornish Rising breaks out". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=13970, accessed 19 March 2024.]