Canon Richard Dixon's "History of the Church of England, Vol. 3," 81ff.
1549: UPRISINGS: EXETER, NORWICH, AND YORK. Battle of Gary's Windmill. Battle of Clist. Slaughter of the prisoners by Russell. Battle of the Heath of Clist. Relief of Exeter. Severities of Russell. Execution of Parson Welsh. Battle of Sampford Courtney. Russell moves into Cornwall. Severities and pleasantries. Risings in the Eastern Counties which were agrarian in nature, as Dixon claims. Robert Ket was the strong insurgent leader. His camp on Mousehold Hill near Norwich. The Oak of Reformation. Dr. Matthew Parker, a licensed preacher, preaches in Norfolk. A royal herald appears at the Oak. The insurgents take Norwich. Their singular moderation. The Marquis of Northampton advances on Norwich. He is totally defeated. The Earl of Warwick advances. His pacificatory proceedings. Great danger of his position. He is joined by the German mercenaries from the Scottish wars. Battle of Dussindale (92). Warwick's leniency (93). Rising in Yorkshire which is easily easily quelled and of short duration (94-95).
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