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Fauconberg Surrender at Sandwich — Arrest and Execution 1471

1471
England
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Fauconberg
Forces
Edward IV's forces
VS
Victor
Edward IV
Forces
Fauconberg with remaining fleet and Kentish men
Outcome
Fauconberg surrendered Sandwich; initially pardoned; subsequently arrested and executed; Kentish Lancastrian resistance ended
The Battle

History & Significance

After his failed assault on London Thomas Neville the Bastard of Fauconberg retreated to Sandwich with his fleet and remaining Kentish men. He was initially pardoned by Edward IV's agents. However once Edward returned victorious from Tewkesbury Fauconberg was arrested and taken north to Middleham where he was executed in autumn 1471, his head displayed on London Bridge.

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Scheduled Monuments near Fauconberg Surrender at Sandwich — Arrest and Execution 1471

Sandwich town walls: section from New Gate to Woodnesborough Gate
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Sandwich town walls: section from a point E of gasworks to site of New Gate (including The Bulwark and Mill Wall)
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Sandwich town walls: site of the Round House
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles
The Fisher Gate
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles
Sandwich town walls: section from Woodnesborough Gate to Canterbury Gate
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
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