Penenden Heath outside Maidstone was the traditional gathering place for the Kentish county levy. In May 1648 it became the assembly point for the Royalist uprising — one of the largest armed gatherings in Kent's history. The subsequent military defeat at Maidstone did not exhaust the rising; survivors crossed the Thames and continued at Colchester.
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