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French Raid on Fowey 1457

1457
Cornwall, England
Also known as: Raid on Fowey 1457 · French sack of Fowey 1457
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Cornwall, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Fowey townspeople
Forces
Fowey: c.200–600. Final Hundred Years War coastal action.
VS
Victor
French raiders
Forces
French raiders: c.400–1,200
Outcome
Town devastated; large number of ships seized; town burned
The Battle

History & Significance

The French sack of Fowey in 1457, though technically after the end of the Hundred Years War, was the last great French coastal raid on England and directly provoked the building of the Fowey blockhouse.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near French Raid on Fowey 1457

Chapel at Hall
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Fowey Blockhouse
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Polruan Blockhouse
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
Medieval wayside cross on Fore Street, Polruan
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
St Saviour's Chapel, Polruan
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
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