BattlefieldsCade's Rebellion: Rochester and Dartford March, July 1450
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Cade's Rebellion: Rochester and Dartford March, July 1450

1450
Kent, England
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
march
Location
Kent, England
Status
Unregistered
Outcome
After the main rebellion at Blackheath and Southwark collapsed and Cade's followers dispersed on the promise of royal pardons (6-7 July 1450), Cade himself moved through Dartford (8 July) and Rochester (9 July), sending captured goods by water to Rochester for safekeeping. At Rochester he learned the government had put a reward of 1,000 marks on his capture, alive or dead, and fled in disguise; he was tracked down and mortally wounded a few days later, reportedly near Heathfield, Sussex.
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Cade's Rebellion: Rochester and Dartford March, July 1450 was a march of the Medieval period, fought in Kent, England in 1450. This engagement forms part of the broader pattern of conflict that shaped the political and military history of the UK during this era.

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The site of Cade's Rebellion: Rochester and Dartford March, July 1450 lies on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

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Scheduled Monuments near Cade's Rebellion: Rochester and Dartford March, July 1450

Monastic grange at Friary Court
Monastic grange at Friary Court
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 mi

Friary Court is a monastic grange forming part of the medieval priory estate in Kent. The site represents the agricultural infrastructure associated with monastic communities, whose granges served as centres of food production and storage for the religious house. The surviving structures and thei…

Glyn Baker / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Chapel, Maplescombe
Chapel, Maplescombe
Scheduled monument · ~3.4 mi

Chapel, Maplescombe is a medieval chapel situated in the parish of Maplescombe in Kent. The structure dates from the medieval period, representing a modest example of rural ecclesiastical architecture from this era. The chapel survives as a stone-built structure and reflects the religious provisi…

N Chadwick / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
A preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, known as St John's Jerusalem, and an associated fishpond at Sutton-at-Hone
A preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, known as St John's Jerusalem, and an associated fishpond at Sutton-at-Hone
Scheduled monument · ~3.4 mi

St John's Jerusalem is a preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers located at Sutton-at-Hone in Kent, England. The site comprises the remains of a medieval religious establishment founded in the twelfth century to support the military religious order's operations, with an associated fishpond that su…

David Anstiss / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Eynsford Castle
Eynsford Castle
Scheduled monument · ~4 mi

Eynsford Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress located in the village of Eynsford in the Darent Valley, Kent, dating to the late eleventh century. The castle consists of a substantial circular motte surrounded by a ditch, with the remains of a stone keep constructed during the twelfth cent…

Richard Nevell from London, United Kingdom / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Eynsford Bridge
Eynsford Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~4.1 mi

Eynsford Bridge is a medieval stone bridge crossing the River Darent at Eynsford in Kent. The bridge dates from the early Norman period, likely constructed in the late eleventh or early twelfth century, making it one of the oldest bridges of its kind in England. It is built of stone with a single…

Poliphilo / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
Dovecote at Hawley Manor
Dovecote at Hawley Manor
Scheduled monument · ~4.6 mi

Dovecote at Hawley Manor is a post-medieval stone structure located in Kent, England. The building served the practical agricultural purpose of housing domesticated pigeons, a valuable resource for meat and manure on a manor estate. Constructed in the sixteenth or seventeenth century, it represen…

Stefan Czapski / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 miles
Deserted medieval manorial settlement of Cossington
Scheduled monument · ~2.9 miles
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