Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

St. Mary's Clyst (Arundel's Rebellion).

Fought August 4, 1549, when Lord Russell, marching with the Royal army to the relief of Exeter, was attacked by 6,000 rebels, detached from the besieging force. The rebels were defeated with a loss of 1,000 killed, and Arundel was forced to raise the siege of Exeter.