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Sir Humphrey Arundell (c. 1513 – 27 January 1550) was executed at Tyburn, London
Tyburn, London

Tyburn was a village in the county of Middlesex close to the current location of Marble Arch. It took its name from the Tyburn , a tributary of the River Thames which is now completely covered over between its source and its outfall into the Thames....
, Middlesex, England. He was born at Helland
Helland

Helland is a village and civil parish situated three miles north of Bodmin in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The parish church is dedicated to St Helena of Constantinople, who was the mother of Constantine I....
, Bodmin
Bodmin

Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
 in Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 and was an experienced soldier and the leader of the Cornish rebellion of 1549, which is also known as the Prayer Book Rebellion
Prayer Book Rebellion

The Prayer Book Rebellion, Prayer Book Revolt, Prayer Book Rising, Western Rising or Western Rebellion was a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon, in 1549....
. His maternal grandfather had been involved in the Perkin Warbeck
Perkin Warbeck

Perkin Warbeck was a pretender to the England throne during the reign of King Henry VII of England. Traditional belief claims that he was an impostor, pretending to be Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV of England, but was in fact a Flemings born in Tournai around 1474....
 rising against Henry VII
Henry VII of England

Henry VII was the Kingdom of England and Lordship of Ireland from his usurpation of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the Tudor dynasty....
 in 1497. On the death of his parents in 1536 he inherited large estates in both Devon and Cornwall.






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Sir Humphrey Arundell (c. 1513 – 27 January 1550) was executed at Tyburn, London
Tyburn, London

Tyburn was a village in the county of Middlesex close to the current location of Marble Arch. It took its name from the Tyburn , a tributary of the River Thames which is now completely covered over between its source and its outfall into the Thames....
, Middlesex, England. He was born at Helland
Helland

Helland is a village and civil parish situated three miles north of Bodmin in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The parish church is dedicated to St Helena of Constantinople, who was the mother of Constantine I....
, Bodmin
Bodmin

Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
 in Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 and was an experienced soldier and the leader of the Cornish rebellion of 1549, which is also known as the Prayer Book Rebellion
Prayer Book Rebellion

The Prayer Book Rebellion, Prayer Book Revolt, Prayer Book Rising, Western Rising or Western Rebellion was a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon, in 1549....
. His maternal grandfather had been involved in the Perkin Warbeck
Perkin Warbeck

Perkin Warbeck was a pretender to the England throne during the reign of King Henry VII of England. Traditional belief claims that he was an impostor, pretending to be Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV of England, but was in fact a Flemings born in Tournai around 1474....
 rising against Henry VII
Henry VII of England

Henry VII was the Kingdom of England and Lordship of Ireland from his usurpation of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the Tudor dynasty....
 in 1497. On the death of his parents in 1536 he inherited large estates in both Devon and Cornwall. In 1549 Arundell became leader of the Cornish army which assembled first at Bodmin
Bodmin

Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
 and was involved in the Prayer Book Rebellion
Prayer Book Rebellion

The Prayer Book Rebellion, Prayer Book Revolt, Prayer Book Rising, Western Rising or Western Rebellion was a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon, in 1549....
 against Edward VI. Previously he had been in charge of a small garrison on St Michaels Mount, which had defected to the rebels at the start of the campaign.

During the 1549 siege of Exeter
Exeter

Exeter Exeter was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in Roman Britain and has existed since time immemorial. Exeter Cathedral, founded in 1050 is Anglicanism....
 Arundell and his troops had little artillery and had taken some small calibre guns from Plymouth and other forts of the King, including those on St Michael's Mount
St Michael's Mount

St Michael's Mount is a tidal island located off the Mount's Bay coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is united with Marazion by a man-made causeway, passable only at mid to low tide, made of granite setts....
, St Mawes Castle
St Mawes Castle

St Mawes Castle and its larger sister castle, Pendennis Castle, were built as part of a defensive chain of fortresses to protect the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom....
, Pendennis Castle
Pendennis Castle

Pendennis Castle is a castle in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, built between 1540 and 1545 for Henry VIII of England to guard the entrance to the River Fal on its west bank, near Falmouth, Cornwall....
, and Trematon Castle
Trematon Castle

Trematon Castle is sited near Saltash in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is similar in style to Restormel Castle with a 12th century keep. Trematon Castle overlooks Plymouth Sound....
. The Cornishmen outside the walls of Exeter made the statement "and so we Cornishmen, whereof certain of us understand no English, utterly refuse this new English".

At Sampford Courtenay
Sampford Courtenay

Sampford Courtenay is a village in West Devon, most famous for being the place where the Western Rebellion first started, and where the rebels made their final stand....
 Arundell led a large contingent of rebels from the rear throwing the Royal troops into confusion. The rebels were forced to make another stand at Okehampton
Okehampton

Okehampton is a town and civil parish in Devon, England, at the northern edge of Dartmoor, on the River Okement. The border of the Dartmoor National Park is just south of the town....
, before falling back to Launceston
Launceston, Cornwall

Launceston is a town, an ancient borough, and a civil parish in the north of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The form 'Lanson' based on the traditional pronunciation is almost obsolete ....
, where he was finally overpowered and imprisoned in the castle. On 19 Aug he was transferred to Rougemont Castle
Rougemont Castle

Rougemont Castle is the historic castle of Exeter.The castle was first built in 1068 to help William the Conqueror maintain control over the city....
 dungeons, Exeter, before being taken with other rebels to the Tower of London
Tower of London

Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London , is a historic monument in central London, England, on the north bank of the River Thames....
 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 hung, drawn and quartered. Humphrey Arundell was executed on 27 Jan 1550 and the estates of the ringleaders were distributed to those who had served the King in the rising. Sir Gawen Carew received most of Humprey Arundell's lands.

Other Cornish
Cornish people

The Cornish people are regarded as an ethnic group of the United Kingdom originating in Cornwall. They are often described as a Modern Celts....
 leaders of the previous Cornish Rebellion of 1497
Cornish Rebellion of 1497

The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 was a Popular revolt in late medieval Europe by the people of Cornwall in the far south west of Great Britain. Its primary cause was the raising of war taxes by King Henry VII of England on the impoverished Cornish people for a campaign against Scotland, motivated by brief border skirmishes that were inspired...
, Thomas Flamank
Thomas Flamank

Thomas Flamank was a lawyer from Cornwall who together with Michael An Gof led the Cornish Rebellion of 1497 against taxes in 1497.The Cornish believed their distance from Scotland – on whom the war taxes were to be used against – was too far from Cornwall to concern them, so refused to pay....
, Michael An Gof
Michael An Gof

Michael Joseph and Thomas Flamank were the leaders of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497.The rebels marched on London to protest at King Henry VII of England's levying a tax to pay for an invasion of Scotland in retaliation for the Scots' support for the pretender Perkin Warbeck....
 and James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley
James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley

Sir James Tuchet, 7th Lord Audley was born in the Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England to John Tuchet, 6th Baron Audley and Ann Echingham.He was married twice first about 1483 to Margaret Dayrell, daughter of Sir Richard Dayrell and Margaret Beaufort....
 had also previously been executed at Tyburn, London
Tyburn, London

Tyburn was a village in the county of Middlesex close to the current location of Marble Arch. It took its name from the Tyburn , a tributary of the River Thames which is now completely covered over between its source and its outfall into the Thames....
 in 1497.

See also

  • Prayer Book Rebellion
    Prayer Book Rebellion

    The Prayer Book Rebellion, Prayer Book Revolt, Prayer Book Rising, Western Rising or Western Rebellion was a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon, in 1549....


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