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  2. Prayer Book Rebellion - Wikipedia

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    Whittle, Jane. "Peasant Politics and Class Consciousness: The Norfolk Rebellions of 1381 and 1549 Compared." Past and Present 195.suppl_2 (2007): 233–247. Youings, Joyce. "The south-western rebellion of 1549," Southern History, vol. 1, 1979, pp. 99–122; Mark Stoyle A Murderous Midsummer: The Western Rising of 1549, Yale University Press ...

  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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    A map of Exeter in the time of Hooker, with his quartered arms at bottom left. During the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549 Hooker experienced at first hand the siege of Exeter, and left a vivid manuscript account of its events in which he made no effort to conceal his anti-Catholic sympathies. [8]

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

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  6. 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.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter - Wikipedia

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    Dorothy Neville, first wife of Thomas Cecil (1549–1608) Thomas Cecil was the elder son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , by his first wife, Mary Cheke (d. February 1543), daughter of Peter Cheke of Cambridge , Esquire Bedell of the University from 1509 until his death in 1529 (and sister of Sir John Cheke ). [ 2 ]

  9. Siege of Exeter (1068) - Wikipedia

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    The surviving Norman gateway of Rougemont Castle, built shortly after the siege. William ordered the construction of a stone castle to dominate Exeter and Rougemont Castle was built inside the northeast of the city wall. William's unusual generosity of terms at Exeter may have been due to the need to bring the West Country under his control. [8]