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  Deptford - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Deptford [dɛtfəd] is an area of the London Borough of Lewisham, on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east London.
The pilgrimage route to Canterbury from London, followed by the pilgrims in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", crosses the Ravensbourne at Deptford and it is mentioned in the Prologue to the Reeve's Tale.
Deptford was also one of the first areas in south-east London to be served by a 'bendy bus' route.
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Deptford, originally part of historic Kent, became the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, but was later absorbed into Lewisham.
Deptford was the location of the foreign cattle markets - the notorious "gutting sheds" in which girls and women worked in squalor gutting animals until the early part of the 20th century.
George Julian Harney, (1817-1897), radical Chartist, was born in Deptford, the son of George Harney, a sailor.
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 The Battle of Deptford Bridge in 1497
An Gof and the Cornish rebels in Deptford, 1497
And in 1497, it was the turn of the Cornish rebels led by Michael Joseph (An Gof or The Smith in Cornish), to do battle on the bridge.
One major source l have used for the Battle of Deptford Bridge is An Anwan Ha'n Gurun (The Anvil and The Crown), by Cornish language historian, Brian Webb.(3) He describes how the rebellion struck a chord among the impoverished peasants in Cornwall and England.
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 Battles and Rebellions
Richard III was killed in the battle and Henry Tudor succeeded as Henry VII.
Battle between James IV of Scotland and Henry VIII of England.
The rebellion was defeated at the Battle of Dussindale on 27 August.
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 Cornish Rebellion of 1497 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 was a popular uprising by the tin miners of Cornwall in the south west of Britain.
The Battle of Deptford Bridge took place on 17th June 1497 on a site in present-day Deptford south-east London, adjacent to the River Ravensbourne and was the culminating event of the Cornish Rebellion.
At the bridge at Deptford Strand, the Cornish had placed a body of archers (utilising arrows a full yard long, 'so strong and mighty a bow the Cornishmen were said to draw') to block the passage of the river.
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 Thomas Flamank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cornish believed their distance from Scotland - on whom the war taxes were to be used against - were too far from them to concern them, and refused to pay.
Reaching Blackheath outside London, Flamank and his fellow rebel leaders were forced into battle against the King's army in the Battle of Deptford Bridge, where they were soundly beaten.
Flamank was captured on the battlefield, and was taken to the Tower of London.
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 Thomas Flamank
The result of the so called Battle of Deptford Bridge, was that a force of 10,000 well-armed men under Lord Daubeney which had been assembled to march on the Scots, overcame the Cornish without difficulty.
On Tuesday June 27th 1497, Flamank and Joseph were dragged on hurdles from the Tower to Tyburn where they were Hanged, disembowelled and hacked into quarters as was the custom of the age.
After the defeat at Deptford Bridge, Perkin Warbeck - claiming to be Richard, Duke of York, landed in Cornwall on 12th September 1497, proclaiming himself to be King Richard IV.
www.cornwall-calling.co.uk /famous-cornish-people/flamank.htm   (830 words)

  
 Thomas Flamank - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Image:Flag of Cornwall.svgThomas Flamank was a lawyer from Cornwall who together with Michael An Gof led the Cornish Rebellion against taxes in 1497.
The Cornish believed their distance from Scotland - on whom the war taxes were to be used against - were too far from Cornwall to concern them, and refused to pay.
He was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn for his part in the rebellion, on June 24, along with An Gof.An Gof before his execution is recorded to have said that he should have "a name perpetual and a fame permanent and immortal".
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Thomas_Flamank   (315 words)

  
 WHKMLA : Cornwall Rebellion 1497
The rebels failed to find the support of the men of Kent, and were defeated in the Battle of Deptford Bridge, by a force of 10,000 well-armed men under Lord Daubeney which had been assembled to march on the Scots.
After the defeat at Deptford Bridge, Perkin Warbeck - an adventurer (claiming to be Richard, Duke of York, contesting the English throne) who had attempted several invasions of England respectively rebellions in Ireland against England, landed in Cornwall and raised an army of c.
An Gof and the Cornish rebels in Deptford, 1497, from Flame
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 Michael An Gof, the Cornish Blacksmith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A fuller description of their march and battle is given in the section on Thomas Flamank.
On June 17th 1497 they were surrounded by the King's army of ten thousand men.
The Battle of Deptford Bridge was brief, 200 Cornishmen died.
www.cornwall-calling.co.uk /famous-cornish-people/michael-an-gof.htm   (395 words)

  
 June 17 Encyclopedia Article @ Apologized.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
1497 - Battle of Deptford Bridge - Forces under King Henry VII soundly defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
1863 - Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
1876 - Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud - 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Deptford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Place= Deptford Latitude= 51.479917 Longitude= -0.033372 GridReference= TQ365775 Borough= Lewisham and Greenwich Traditional= Kent PostTown= LONDON PostCode= SE8 DiallingCode= 020 Constituency= GLA= Greenwich and Lewisham
}} Deptford {{IPA[dɛtfəd]}} is an area of the London Borough of Lewisham, on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east London.
The name Deptford — "deep ford" (Latin vadum profundum) — is derived from the place where the road to London from Dover and the channel ports crosses the River Ravensbourne; the tidal reach of which is also known as Deptford Creek.
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 Thomas Flamank   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Thomas Flamank was a lawyer from Cornwall who together with Michael An Gof led the Cornish Rebellion of 1497 against taxes in 1497.
Reaching Blackheath outside London, Flamank and his fellow rebel leaders were forced into battle against the Kings army in the Battle of Deptford Bridge, 1497, where they were soundly beaten.
A statue of Flamank and An Gof was laid in St. Keverne in 1997, celebrating the 500th anniversary of the rebellion.
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 Deptford History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Dover Castle pub on Deptord Broadway (destroyed by an unexplained explosion in 1991) was once a large 14th century pilgrim's inn, the Christopher.
By the Tudor period Deptford was the last coach stage out of London and very vulnerable to highwaymen and footpads.
saw four rebel armies pour across its ancient bridge - the Peasant's Revolt (1381), Jack Cade and the Men of Kent (1450), the 2,000 Cornish rebels who were slain on Deptford Bridge (1497) and Thomas Wyatt's anti-Catholic mob (1554).
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 Thomas Flamank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Flamank (executed June 24, 1497) was a lawyer from Cornwall who together with Michael An Gof led the Cornish Rebellion against taxes in 1497.
The Cornish believed their distance from Scotland – on whom the war taxes were to be used against – were too far from Cornwall to concern them, so refused to pay.
Thomas Flamank was quoted in 1497 as saying - "Speak the truth and only then can you be free of your chains" In 1997, the five-hunderedth anniversary of the Rebellion, a commemorative march ("Keskerdh Kernow 500") was held, retracing the route of the original march from St. Keverne in Cornwall to London.
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 radical history « Someday I Will Treat You Good
After pitching camp on Blackheath, Cornish rebels were defeated in the Battle of Deptford Bridge (sometimes called the Battle of Blackheath), just to the west, on 17 June 1497.
With Watling Street crossing the heath carrying stagecoaches en route to north Kent and the Channel ports, it was also a notorious haunt of highwaymen during the 17th century.
Deptford has been sold short over the years.
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 Britain.tv Wikipedia - 1497
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1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
May 20 - John Cabot sets sail from Bristol on his ship the Mathew looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date).
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 Today in History: June 17, Events, Birthdays, Deaths, Holidays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Battle of Deptford Bridge - Forces under King
Henry VII soundly defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
Battle of the Rosebud - 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by
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 Michael An Gof   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
They were hopeful of gaining support from people in Kent (the focus of Jack Cades rebellion of 1450), but despite heading to Cades former rallying site at Blackheath, London they gained little backing.
As a result, the Cornish rebels were soundly beaten by the Kings forces at the Battle of Deptford Bridge, 1497 on 17 June 1497 on a site adjacent to the River Ravensbourne.
As one of the leaders, An Gof was executed with Flamank, on 24 June 1497, being hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn.
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 1497   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
May 20 - John Cabot sets sail from Bristol on his ship the Mathew looking for a route to the (other documents give a May 2 date).
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