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{{Infobox person
| name = Michael An Gof
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| native_name = Mighal Josep an Gov
| native_name_lang = kw
| birth_name = Michael Joseph
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| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date|1497|06|27}}
| death_place = [[Tyburn]]
| nationality = [[Cornish people|Cornish]]
| other_names =
| monuments = Statue at [[St Keverne]]
| occupation = [[Blacksmith]]
| years_active =
| known_for = [[Cornish rebellion of 1497]]
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[[Image:AnGofPlaqueBlackheath.jpg|thumb|right|Commemorative plaque in [[Cornish language|Cornish]] and English for Michael Joseph the Smith (An Gof) and [[Thomas Flamank]] mounted on the north side of [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]] Common, south east London, near the south entrance to [[Greenwich Park]].]]
'''Michael Joseph''' (died 27 June 1497<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/famous-cornish-people/michael-an-gof.htm|title=Michael An Gof, the Cornish Blacksmith|publisher=cornwall-calling.co.uk |access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>), better known as '''Michael An Gof''', was one of the leaders of the [[Cornish
==Background==
{{Main|Cornish
The rebels marched on London to protest against King [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]]'s levy of a tax to pay for an invasion of [[Scotland]] in response to the Scots' support of the pretender [[Perkin Warbeck]]. The Cornish believed that this was a northern affair and had nothing to do with them; they also believed that the tax was the work of the King's corrupt counsellors and marched to London to bring this to the King's attention.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SELeCQAAQBAJ
==March on London==
A blacksmith (An Gof) named Michael Joseph lived at [[St Keverne]] on the [[The Lizard|Lizard peninsula]]. He is described as "a notable prating fellow who by thrusting himself forward on every occasion, and being loudest in every complaint against the government, acquired an authority among these simple people, and was ready to lead them to any desperate enterprise".<ref name=skl>{{cite web|url=http://www.st-keverne.com/History/Diggens/d13.php|title=Rebellions
Michael Joseph was chosen by the people of St. Keverne to challenge the tax. When he and his followers reached Bodmin, they were joined by [[Thomas Flamank]], a local lawyer. Flamank argued that it was the business of the barons of the north to defend the Scottish border, and that the tax was illegal. He suggested that the Cornishmen should march on London and present a petition to the king setting forth their grievances against the advisers responsible for the king's action.<ref name=Lyon>[https://books.google.com/books?id=egOkBAAAQBAJ
Under the leadership of Flamank and Joseph, about 6,000 Cornishmen assembled at Bodmin and set out.<ref name=skl/> The army attracted support in provisions and recruits along the way and by the time it reached Devon numbered some 15,000 strong.<ref name=Fletcher>[https://books.google.com/books?id=EgGtAgAAQBAJ
They hoped to gain support from people in [[Kent]] – the focus of [[Jack Cade]]'s rebellion of 1450 – but despite heading to Cade's former rallying site at [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]] they gained little backing.
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The Holyer An Gof trophy is an annual award for the best publication on Cornwall,<ref>[http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=3406 ''Holyer An Gof Award''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930034406/http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=3406 |date=30 September 2007 }}</ref> and part of the Cornish [[Gorsedd]] ([[Gorsedh Kernow]]).
[[An Gof]]'s name was later used by a [[Cornish self-government movement|Cornish nationalist]] extremist organisation.<ref name="Cornish militants rise again">{{cite news|first=Steven |last=Morris |title=Cornish militants rise again – and this time they're targeting celebrity chefs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/terrorism/story/0,,2102569,00.html |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=2007-06-14 |accessdate=2007-06-18 | location=London}}</ref>
An Gof was the name of a [[rock music|rock group]] who performed a song on the album
== See also ==
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