Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1451, a lokacin Wars of the Roses, Taunton ya ga wani rikici tsakanin Thomas de Courtenay, 13th Earl na Devon, da Baron Bonville. Sarauniya Margaret da dakarunta sun wuce ta 1471 don cin nasara a
Yaƙin Tewkesbury. A cikin tayar da hankali na biyu na Cornish na 1497 mafi yawan mutanen Cornish sun goyi bayan dalilin Perkin Warbeck kuma a ranar 17 ga Satumba rundunar sojojin Cornish kimanin mutane 6,000 suka shiga Exeter kafin su ci gaba zuwa Taunton. Henry VII ya aika da babban janar, Giles, Lord Daubeney, don kai hari ga Cornish. Lokacin da Warbeck ya ji cewa 'yan leken asirin Sarki suna Glastonbury ya firgita kuma ya watsar da sojojinsa. Henry VII ya isa Taunton a ranar 4 ga Oktoba, 1497, inda ya karɓi mika wuya na sauran sojojin Cornish. An kashe shugabannin 'yan tawaye kuma an ci tarar wasu £ 13,000.