Memorial on the B3293 south-west of St. Keverne village centre
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Memorial on the B3293 south-west of St. Keverne village centre
Image: © Derek Voller Taken: 25 Sep 2017
A sculpture by Terrence Coventry to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Cornish uprising of 1497. The memorial plaque celebrates the leaders Michael Joseph, a blacksmith of St. Keverne and Thomas Flemank, a lawyer and MP for Bodmin that they shall have " a name perpetual and a fame permanent and immortal." The Cornish rebellion of 1497 was a popular uprising by the people of Cornwall. Its primary cause was the response by the impoverished Cornish populace to the raising of war taxes by King Henry VII to raise money for a campaign against Scotland. Tin miners were angered as the scale of the taxes overturned previous rights granted by Edward I of England to the Cornish Stannary Parliament, which exempted Cornwall from all taxes of 10ths or 15ths of income. For the full history of their fight, click the link to Wikipedia below. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_rebellion_of_1497
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50.048569
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