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  2. Prayer Book Rebellion - Wikipedia

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    The western rebellion of 1549: an account of the insurrections in Devonshire and Cornwall against religious innovations in the reign of Edward VI, London: Smith, Elder, 1913 online Mark Stoyle . "The dissidence of despair: rebellion and identity in early modern Cornwall," Journal of British Studies , vol. 38, 1999, pp. 423–444

  3. Siege of Exeter - Wikipedia

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    The Mercian Siege of Exeter (c. 630), also known as the Siege of Caer-Uisc. Almost certainly fictional. The Danish Siege of Exeter (893) The Siege of Exeter (1068), during the Norman Conquest of England; The Siege of Exeter (1549) which took place during the Prayer Book Rebellion; One of the sieges of Exeter that took place during the First ...

  4. John Hooker (English constitutionalist) - Wikipedia

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    He wrote an eye-witness account of the siege of Exeter during the Prayer Book Rebellion in 1549. He spent several years in Ireland as legal adviser to Sir Peter Carew, and following Carew's death in 1575 wrote his biography. He was one of the editors of the second edition of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles, published in 1587. His last ...

  5. File:The West Gate, Exeter and the Siege of 1549.jpg

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  6. Humphrey Arundell - Wikipedia

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    On 19 August, he was transferred to the dungeons of Rougemont Castle in Exeter, before being taken with other rebels to the Tower of London in September. In November 1549, Arundell was taken to Westminster Hall where he was found guilty of high treason and condemned to be taken back to the Tower and later hanged, drawn and quartered. He was ...

  7. 1549 - Wikipedia

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    Year 1549 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. In the Kingdom of England , it was known as "The Year of the Many-Headed Monster", because of the unusually high number of rebellions which occurred in the country.

  8. Devon Trained Bands - Wikipedia

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    Maurice raised the siege of Lyme on 18 June and fell back to Exeter. Essex then pushed further into the West Country, reaching Tavistock on 23 July, upon which Sir Richard Grenville raised the siege of Plymouth and retired over the Tamar. After Barnstaple was recaptured by the Parliamentary forces, Rolle recalled his North Devon TB regiment ...

  9. 1549 in literature - Wikipedia

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    January 23 – Johannes Honter, Romanian humanist theologian (born 1498) [11]; January 28 – Elia Levita, Hebrew grammarian, scholar and poet (born 1469); March 25 – Veit Dietrich, German theologian (born 1506) [12]