A Name Perpetual

On this episode of Dave Does History, we’re heading back to the summer of 1497, when a blacksmith and a lawyer led a march of 15,000 angry Cornishmen across southern England toward the gates of London. Their mission? To protest a tax they didn’t believe in, imposed by a king they barely recognized, for a war they had no stake in. It all ended in blood at Blackheath, and with two bodies swinging at Tyburn. But the story of Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank didn’t die with them. In fact, it lit a fire that still burns in the Cornish soul. This isn’t just a story about rebellion—it’s about identity, resistance, and the price of standing up to power. So grab your pasty and raise your banner, because today we remember the men who dared to say no to the crown and earned a name that would never be forgotten.