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People: Isabella of Portugal
Location: Shikanoshima Island Nagasaki Japan

A tax imposed by Henry to support …

Years: 1497 - 1497
June

A tax imposed by Henry to support military action related to punishing Scotland for their aid in Warbeck’s revolt prompts objections by Thomas Flammock, a Cornish landowner of an old family, who also objects that only northern barons are obliged to defend the Scots frontier.

Flammock and townsman Michael Joseph, agreeing to lead Cornish protesters to London to lay their grievances and demands before Henry, enter Taunton with a vast mob, there killing its provost, then continues to …