Prayer Book Rebellion

The prayer book, first published in 1549, at first caused a widespread revolt due to the fact that it mainly reflected the theology of Protestantism. The traditional religious processes were banned, and people were even sent out to remove any signs of Catholicism. The revolt was mainly made up of people from Devon or Cornwall, and as the rebellion began to fail an army was order to crush the revolt, and over 400 men died. Many of the survivors fled, but were later captured and imprisoned. Later proposals for the prayer book to be translated into Cornish language were suppressed, and the rebels never rised again.