During the Cornish Rebellion of 1497, the rebels heading for London briefly occupied Guildford and fought a skirmish with a government detachment on Guildown outside the town, before marching on to defeat at Blackheath in Kent. The forces of Wyatt's Rebellion in 1554 passed through what was then northeastern Surrey on their way from Kent to London, briefly occupying Southwark and then crossing the Thames at Kingston after failing to storm London Bridge.
During the Cornish Rebellion of 1497 the rebels heading for London briefly occupied Guildford and fought a skirmish with a government detachment on Guildown outside the town before marching on to defeat at Blackheath in Kent The forces of Wyatt's Rebellion in 1554 passed through what was then northeastern Surrey on their way from Kent to London briefly occupying Southwark and then crossing the Thames at Kingston after failing to storm London Bridge