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Marching east to Crediton, the Devon rebels laid siege to Exeter, demanding the withdrawal of all English liturgies. Although a number of the inhabitants in Exeter sent a message of support to the rebels, the city refused to open its gates. The gates were to stay closed because of the siege for over a month. [3]
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 ...
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]
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 ...
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.
Siege of Saint-Denis (1435) Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré; Siege of Santo Domingo (1655) Siege of Schenckenschans (1599) Siege of Schoonhoven (1575) Siege of Caen (1417) Siege of Dundee; Siege of Paris (1435–1436) Siege of Sluis (1587) Siege of Sluis (1604) Siege of St. Augustine (1702) Siege of St. John's; Siege of Steenwijk (1580–1581)
5 May – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, politician (died 1623) 6 June – Richard Grenville, soldier and explorer (died 1591) 1543 8 November – Lettice Knollys, noblewoman (died 1634) [20] Thomas Deloney, novelist and balladeer (died 1600) Douglas Sheffield, Baroness Sheffield, née Howard, lover of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (died ...
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 ...