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Perkin Warbeck — Kent Rising attempt 1495

1495
Kent, England
Also known as: Warbeck Kent 1495 · Deal attempted landing 1495
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Kent, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Warbeck
Forces
Deal and Sandwich local militia
VS
Victor
Henry VII
Forces
Warbeck's Flemish mercenaries c.300
Outcome
Warbeck's men landed at Deal but were repulsed by local people; 160 killed on the beach; Warbeck sailed away without landing himself
The Battle

History & Significance

Deal 1495 was the most humiliating of Warbeck's failures; he watched his men massacred from his ship; it prompted his subsequent Irish and Scottish approaches

Casualties & Losses

c.160 of Warbeck's men killed on the beach

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Perkin Warbeck — Kent Rising attempt 1495

Artillery castle at Deal
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Sandown Castle
Scheduled monument · ~1 miles
Medieval manor house, Walmer
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
Artillery castle at Walmer
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles
Great Mongeham Anglo-Saxon cemetery
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 miles
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