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Cade's Rebellion: Entry into London and Looting, July 1450

1450
London, England
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
London, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
London citizens and officials (initially); rebels ultimately repulsed with heavy losses
VS
Victor
Rebels briefly (until repulsed by Londoners at the London Bridge battle of 8 to 9 July)
Outcome
Cade entered London over London Bridge on 3 July 1450 and struck the London Stone claiming the Lord Mayoralty; Lord Say and Sele (James Fiennes) was tried at Guildhall and beheaded at Cheapside on 4 July, and his son-in-law William Crowmer was also executed, their heads paraded on pikes and fixed to London Bridge; rebel troops then began looting and drunken disorder, alienating the citizens who had been sympathetic; this culminated in an overnight battle on London Bridge on 8 to 9 July in which the rebels were repulsed with heavy casualties, effectively ending the occupation of the city.
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Cade's Rebellion: Entry into London and Looting, July 1450 was a medieval skirmish, fought at London, England in 1450. Rebels briefly (until repulsed by Londoners at the London Bridge battle of 8 to 9 July) prevailed over London citizens and officials (initially); rebels ultimately repulsed with heavy losses. Cade entered London over London Bridge on 3 July 1450 and struck the London Stone claiming the Lord Mayoralty; Lord Say and Sele (James Fiennes) was tried at Guildhall and beheaded at Cheapside on 4 July, and his son-in-law William Crowmer was also executed, their heads paraded on pikes and fixed to London Bridge; rebel troops then began looting and drunken disorder, alienating the citizens who had been sympathetic; this culminated in an overnight battle on London Bridge on 8 to 9 July in which the rebels were repulsed with heavy casualties, effectively ending the occupation of the city.

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The site of Cade's Rebellion: Entry into London and Looting, July 1450 lies on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

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Scheduled Monuments near Cade's Rebellion: Entry into London and Looting, July 1450

The Chapter House and Pyx Chamber in the abbey cloisters, Westminster Abbey
The Chapter House and Pyx Chamber in the abbey cloisters, Westminster Abbey
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 mi

The Chapter House and Pyx Chamber in the abbey cloisters, Westminster Abbey, is a significant thirteenth-century monastic structure forming part of the claustral complex. Built in the mid-thirteenth century, the octagonal Chapter House served as the meeting place for the monastic community's admi…

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The Jewel Tower
The Jewel Tower
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 mi

The Jewel Tower is a stone tower standing within the Palace of Westminster complex, dating from the mid-fourteenth century. Built during the reign of Edward III, probably around 1365-1366, it originally served as a secure stronghold for royal treasures and valuables, hence its name. The structure…

No machine-readable author provided. Lonpicman~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Inner Temple Hall Buttery
Inner Temple Hall Buttery
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 mi

Inner Temple Hall Buttery is a sixteenth-century service building forming part of the Inner Temple precinct in London. The structure dates from approximately 1570 and served the practical function of storing and dispensing provisions for the Inn of Court. It represents an important example of Tud…

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Barnard's Inn Hall (Mercers' School)
Barnard's Inn Hall (Mercers' School)
Scheduled monument · ~1 mi

Barnard's Inn Hall is a timber-framed building of fifteenth-century origin located in Gresham Street, London. The hall formerly served as the principal building of Barnard's Inn, one of the Inns of Chancery that provided legal education and accommodation for trainee lawyers during the medieval an…

Apothecaries' Hall
Apothecaries' Hall
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 mi

Apothecaries' Hall is a Grade I listed building located in Blackfriars, London, that serves as the headquarters of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. The hall was constructed in the seventeenth century following the Great Fire of London in 1666, replacing an earlier medieval struct…

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Baynard's Castle, 78m south-west of St Benet Metropolitan Welsh Church
Baynard's Castle, 78m south-west of St Benet Metropolitan Welsh Church
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 mi

Baynard's Castle is a Norman castle of which only fragmentary remains survive in the City of London. The site was originally established in the late eleventh century by the Baynard family, who were prominent Norman landholders, and the castle subsequently passed through various aristocratic hands…

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Remains of Roman and medieval wall and gateway W of boundary of Stationers' Hall to Ludgate Hill
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
London Wall: section in Amen Court
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
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