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	Cornish rebellion under the Tudors, 1497, and 1540s. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 was a popular uprising by the tin miners of Cornwall in the south west of Britain.
		Its primary cause was the raising of war taxes by King Henry VII on the impoverished Cornish tin miners for a campaign against Scotland, motivated by brief border skirmishes that were inspired by Perkin Warbeck's pretence to the English throne.
		Some commentators believe that the roots of the rebellion can be traced back to the Cornish Rebellion of 1497 and the subsequent destruction of monasteries from 1536 through to 1545 which brought an end to the formal scholarship that had sustained the Cornish and Devonian cultural identities.
	www.lonympics.co.uk /Cornishrebellion.htm (3143 words)

	Cornwall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cornwall ( Cornish : Kernow or occasionally Curnow) is a county of England, the part of Great Britain 's south-west peninsula that is west of the River Tamar, often known as the Cornish peninsula or plateau.
		The revival of the Cornish language in the 20th century has boosted Cornish cultural identity, and although currently less than 0.1% of the population speak it fluently, it is taught in many schools and used in religious and civic ceremonies.
		The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 is attributed to Tin miners.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cornwall (3047 words)

	Cornish Rebellion of 1497 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 was a popular uprising in 1497 by the tin miners of Cornwall in the south west of Britain.
		The main cause of the rebellion was the raising of war taxes by King Henry VII for a campaign against Scotland.
		The leaders of the rebellion had moved to Deptford hoping to capitalise on the sympathetic feelings between the people of Cornwall and Kent.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cornish_Rebellion_of_1497 (450 words)

	Encyclopedia: Cornish Rebellion of 1497
		Popular revolts in late medieval Europe were uprisings and rebellions by (typically) peasants in the countryside, or the bourgeois in towns, against nobles and kings during the upheavals of the 14th through early 16th centuries.
		Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow or occasionally Curnow) is a county of England, the part of Great Britains south-west peninsula that is west of the River Tamar, often known as the Cornish peninsula or plateau.
		Michael An Gof (also known as Michael Joseph; An Gof is Cornish for flsmith) and Thomas Flamank (a Bodmin landowners son and London lawyer) led the Cornish Rebellion of 1497, in which rebels marched on London to protest at King Henry VIIs levying of a tax with which...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cornish-Rebellion-of-1497 (1180 words)

	Cornish Rebellion of 1497 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 was an uprising in 1497 of the tin miners in (A hilly county in southwestern England) Cornwall, (A division of the United Kingdom) England.
		Therefore, when the people of Cornwall were charged extra war taxes in 1497 - possibly as a result of the brief skirmish by Scotland into England inspired by (Click link for more info and facts about Perkin Warbeck) Perkin Warbeck 's pretence to the English throne - the Cornish had had enough.
		The leaders of the rebellion had moved to (Click link for more info and facts about Deptford) Deptford hoping to capitalise on the sympathetic feelings between the people of Cornwall and (A county in southeastern England on the English Channel; the first to be colonized by the Romans) Kent.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Co/Cornish_Rebellion_of_1497.htm (432 words)

	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.
		Keverne, Cornwall, into open rebellion, he led an increasing number of discontented peasants to London to protest and, ultimately, force King Henry VII to cancel the taxation.
		A statue of Flamank and An Gof was laid in St. Keverne in 1997, celebrating the 500th anniversary of the rebellion.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Flamank (190 words)

	Cornwall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county in South West England, United Kingdom on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar.
		Cornish nationalists have organised into two political parties: Mebyon Kernow and the Cornish Nationalist Party.In addition to the political parties, the Cornish Stannary Parliament is a pressure group on Cornish constitutional issues and Cornwall 2000, the Human Rights organisation, works on Cornish cultural issues.
		Cornish was recognised by the UK government as an official minority language in 2002 and it received government funding in 2005.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Cornwall.htm (5652 words)

	The Battle of Deptford Bridge in 1497 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		An Gof and the Cornish rebels in Deptford, 1497
		In June 1997, Cornish marchers gathered on Blackheath common in London, England, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Cornish rebellion in 1497.
		The English Kings faced three major rebellions in the 100 years preceding the Cornish rebellion in 1497: the Peasants Revolt in 1381, the Welsh rebellion in 1400-12, and the Kentish rebellion in 1450.
	www.fantompowa.net /Flame/cornish_rebels_1497.html (2559 words)

	CORNWALL - LoveToKnow Article on CORNWALL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In 1386 disputes having arisen, a commission was appointed to determine the Cornish border between North Tamerton and Hornacot.
		A rising of considerable magnitude in 1497 at tne instigation of Thomas Flamank, occasioned by the levy of a tax for the Scottish war, was only repelled after the arrival of the insurgents at Blackheath in Kent.
		In 1643 Sir Ralph Hopton, who commanded the king's Cornish troops, defeated General Ruthen on Bradoc Down, while General Chudleigh, another parliamentary general, was repulsed near Launceston, and the earl of Stamford at Stratton.
	73.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CO/CORNWALL.htm (1761 words)

	GlobalGuide.Org GlobalGuide.Org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Bodmin (Cornish: Bosvenegh) is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 (2001 census).
		The first was the Cornish Rebellion of 1497 when a Cornish army, led by Michael An Gof, a flsmith from St.
		Cornish people were still strongly attached to the Catholic religion and again a Cornish army was formed in Bodmin which marched across the border to lay siege to Exeter in Devon.
	www.globalguide.org /index.html?title=Bodmin (651 words)

	Cornwall information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county at the extreme South West of England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar.
		The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 is attributed to tin miners.
		Cornish nationalists have organised into two political parties: Mebyon Kernow and the Cornish Nationalist Party, and in 2005 Mebyon Kernow became the largest political group on Camborne town council after a by-election.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Cornwall (3433 words)

	Learn more about History of England in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The defeat of King Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 at the hands of William of Normandy, later styled William I of England and the subsequent Norman takeover of Saxon England led to a sea-change in the history of the small, isolated, island state.
		On June 17, 1497 they were defeated, and Henry VII had showed he could display military prowess when he needed to.
		Kett's Rebellion in Kent and The Prayer Book Rebellion in Cornwall simultaneously created a crisis during a time when invasion from Scotland and France were feared.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /h/hi/history_of_england.html (3251 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Michael An Gof (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Michael Joseph (better known as Michael An Gof, where An Gof is Cornish for "flsmith"; died 24 June 1497) and Thomas Flamank (a Bodmin landowner's son and London lawyer) were the leaders of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497.
		The Cornish believed that this was a northern affair and had nothing to do with them; they also believed that the tax was the work of the King's corrupt counsellors and marched to London to bring this to the King's attention.
		In 1997, the five-hundredth anniversary of the Rebellion, a commemorative march ("Keskerdh Kernow 500") was held, retracing the route of the original march from St.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Michael_An_Gof (436 words)

	Battle of Deptford Bridge, 1497 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Rebels from Cornwall, led by Michael An Gof (AKA Michael Joseph; An Gof is Cornish for flsmith) and Thomas Flamank (a Bodmin landowner's son), had marched to London to protest about the unfair taxation of Cornwall (the money was being raised in order to finance an invasion of Scotland).
		After fighting a minor battle near Guildford, Surrey, they were hopeful of gaining further support from people in Kent (the focus of Jack Cade 's rebellion of 1450), but despite rallying at Cade's meeting place at nearby Blackheath were disappointed.
		As a result, the Cornish rebels were soundly beaten by King Henry VII 's forces led by Lord Daubeney.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Battle_of_Deptford_Bridge,_1497.html (583 words)

	Cornwall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow or occasionally Curnow) is a county of England, the part of Great Britains south-west peninsula that is west of the River Tamar, often known as the Cornish peninsula or plateau.
		The publication of Henry Jenner's "Handbook of the Cornish Language" in 1904 caused a resurgence of interest in the Cornish language and efforts are being made to revive it.
		Cornish World is a colour magazine covering All aspects of Cornish life, it has proved popular with the descendants of Cornish emigrants as well as Cornish residents, it is produced in Cornwall.
	cornwall.iqnaut.net (2353 words)

	Battle of Deptford Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Deptford Bridge was the culminating event of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497.
		It took place on 17 June 1497 on a site in present-day Deptford in south-east London, adjacent to the River Ravensbourne.
		Rebels from Cornwall, led by Michael An Gof (also known as Michael Joseph; An Gof is Cornish for flsmith) and Thomas Flamank (a Bodmin landowner's son), had marched to London to protest about the unfair taxation of Cornwall (the money was being raised in order to finance an invasion of Scotland).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Deptford_Bridge,_1497 (304 words)

	A-Z of Cornish Towns and Villages. Copyrighted material (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The parishes of Week St Mary and North Tamerton join it on the Cornish side, otherwise it abuts and is nearly surrounded by the former Devon parishes of North Petherwin, Werrington, St Giles-in-the-Heath, and the Devon parish of Luffingcot and a Devon village called Northcot Hamlet which crosses the River Tamar.
		Here are Cornish elms and fields sloping down to the sea and at Porthpean a charming beach under a yellow stone cliff from which the long outline of Gribben Head may be seen across the bay'.
		St Teath is one of those pleasant Cornish villages, typical of this part of the County, being set back a couple of miles from the north coast to secure the shelter of high ground from winter gales.
	www.cornish-links.co.uk /A-Z.htm (12027 words)

	retallack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Cornish records of church fines of 1296-1297 inform us "And 6 shillings is proper from Rekadrek and Thomas of Wodesouese who did not come, for foolish shouting, false claiming, which was not cut off, for lack of agreement, and more.
		Cornish folklore has it that the swarthy olive complexion is from shipwrecked sailors or the sacking of Penzance by the Spanish Armada of 1588, but even in the early nineteenth century this trait was too widespread among the Cornish for that to be a convincing explanation (Polwhele, 1816).
		Ralph Retallack of St Columb Major was one of the leading conspirators in the Cornish rebellion of 1497 against the heavy taxation of Henry VII to finance war against the Scots pretender Perkin Warbeck.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~gregr/surname.html (10111 words)

	Page Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Cornish are a Celtic people, in ancient times the Westernmost kingdom of the Dumnonii, the people who inhabited all of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset.
		The Cornish are probably the same people who have lived in Cornwall since the introduction of farming around 3000 B.C..
		A pasty or Oggie as the Cornish call it, is a type of pie, held in the hand to be eaten (the first and best fast food).
	homepages.rootsweb.com /~marcie/kernow/faq.html (533 words)

	The Wheel An anthology of modern poetry in Cornish 1850-1980
		It is generally accepted that the Cornish language died in 1777 with the passing of one Dolly Pentreth.
		But allowing for the probability that the language survived in some Cornish parishes not much beyond the later part of the last century, it has to be said that it is nothing less than a miracle that the language today is undergoing a remarkable resurrection.
		In 1997, the Cornish pressure group Keskerdh Kernow (Cornwall Marches On) marched from St Keverne to London to commemorate the Cornish rebellion of 1497.
	www.francisboutle.co.uk /booklist/wheel/rvwheel.htm (590 words)

	Cornwall: Encyclopedia II - Cornwall - Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Cornish has recently been officially recognised by the UK government as a minority language and although currently less than 0.1% of the population speak it fluently, it is taught in many schools and used in religious and civic ceremonies and has boosted Cornish cultural identity.
		Some Cornish surnames are prefixed by Tre, Pol, or Pen, as indicated in the rhyme "by Tre, Pol and Pen ye shall know Cornishmen." These come from Cornish language words meaning, respectively, town (or farm), pool, and head.
		Cornish players are regular participants in inter-Celtic festivals, and Cornwall itself has several lively inter-Celtic festivals such as Perranporth's Lowender Peran folk festival[15].
	www.globaloneness.com /a/Cornwall_-_Culture/id/1261233 (1162 words)

	Definition of cornish language
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		Cornish ]] narrow leaf elm, 32 feet long with a beam of fo...
		Cornish Rebellion]] in 1497, at an annual ceremony at [[B...
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	The Day the Cornish Invaded Guildford
		It isn't clear whether this was a planned attack or an accidental brush with the Cornish outlying positions and the outcome of the skirmish is similarly opaque.
		Estimates of the Cornish dead range from 200 to 2000; certainly they were severe and the Royal forces showed none of the casual attitude latterly manifested by the rebels.
		In addition, the Cornish rebellion's 'half-millennium' anniversary is not that far away and consideration might be given to some marking of the auspicious occasion.
	www.btinternet.com /~john.whitbourn/Cornish.htm (3153 words)

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