Tag: Blackheath
Jack Cade, rebel against Henry VI’s taxes and corruption
Cornish rebellion: Thomas Flamank and Michael Joseph An Gof

June 1497 Royal tax collector Sir Richard Flamank’s son Thomas Flamank, from Bodmin, and St Keverne blacksmith Michael Joseph An Gof led the Cornish tax rebellion. The rebels disliked Henry VII’s taxes raised to fund his war against the Scots. Flamank and An Gof spoke against the taxes, claiming a …