Wyatt's rebel army reached Southwark on 3 February 1554, having marched from Rochester via Gravesend. London Bridge gates were shut against him. Wyatt could not cross and the army camped in Southwark overnight. The following day he marched upriver to Kingston, crossed the Thames, and approached London from the west through Knightsbridge. His force had dwindled to perhaps 500 by the time he reached Ludgate Hill, where he was captured. Mary's refusal to flee London had proved decisive — the city held firm.
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