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Device Programme — Coastal Defence Muster at Sandwich 1539

1539
England
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
invasion threat
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Sandwich trained band and Kent levies
Outcome
Precautionary muster; invasion did not come; fort construction continued.
The Battle

History & Significance

Henry VIIs Device programme of 1539 prompted emergency musters at key harbour towns. Sandwich marshalled its trained citizens and county levies while construction of its new blockhouse proceeded. The muster demonstrated to Francis I and Charles V that England could defend its coast.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Device Programme — Coastal Defence Muster at Sandwich 1539

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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