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In reaction to the tax, Michael Joseph - a local blacksmith - and Thomas Flamank - a lawyer from Bodmin - worked the townspeople of St. Keverne, the hometown of Joseph, up into an armed revolt against the King and his tax. The force raised by the two men set off to London, gathering supporters as it went. When it reached SomersetThis page is about the county of Somerset in the United Kingdom. For other meanings of Somerset, see Somerset (disambiguation). Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. Somerset adjoins Gloucestershire to the north east, Wiltshire to the east, D, a local Lord by the name of Lord Audley took command of the rebel army, and it grew to consist of several thousand men by the time it reached had BlackheathBlackheath is the name of a number of places: Blackheath, London, England Blackheath, West Midlands, England Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia See also Blackheath Rugby Club founded 1858. The first rugby club in the world without restricted membershi, outside London. The leaders of the rebellion had moved to Deptford hoping to capitalise on the sympathetic feelings between the people of Cornwall and KentThis article is about the English county of Kent. See also Kent (disambiguation). Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. The county town is Maidstone. Kent has land borders with East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London, and a defined boundary wi. However, after the revolt of 1450Events March French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 Battle of Formigny. French troops under the Comte de Clermont defeat an English army under Sir Thomas Kyriel and, and its subsequent defeat, the Kentish people refused to join the rebels, and so the Cornish rebels remained in Blackheath. There, they were surrounded by 10,000 men of the King's army under Giles, Lord Daubeney , where the two armies formed for a brief battle - the Battle of Deptford BridgeThe Battle of Deptford Bridge 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 (AKA Michael Joseph; An Gof is Cornish for blacksmith) and Tho. The skirmish cost the lives of 200 Cornish rebels, and Lord Audley and Flamank were captured on the field of battle. Joseph was caught later, fleeing for GreenwichThis page is about Greenwich in England. For other uses see Greenwich (disambiguation Greenwich (pronounced "Grennitch" or "Grinnitch") is a town, now part of the southeastern suburbs of London in the London postal district SE10, on the south bank of the, where he joined the other rebel leaders in the Tower of London. On June 27, Flamank and Joseph were hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, and they were followed the next day by the beheading of Lord Audley on Tower Hill. The remaining rebels were sent home, ending the rebellion.