3 August - Lord Russell marches towards the rebels

On this day in Tudor history, 3rd August 1549, in the reign of King Edward VI, Lord Russell marched his troops from Honiton to Woodbury.

They were off to put down the Prayer Book Rebellion.

Find out more in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts from historian Claire Ridgway. You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/gMqdeYa79EM