Essex had approximately 200-300 armed followers with him; the size of the besieging royal force is not precisely recorded in the sources reviewed.
Essex's Rebellion: Siege of Essex House 1601 was a Tudor siege, the investment of a fortified position, fought at Middlesex, England in 1601. The Crown (Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral) prevailed over Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. Essex and around 200-300 armed followers marched into the City of London on 8 February 1601 to raise support but failed to rouse the citizenry; he returned to Essex House on the Strand, which was besieged by royal forces under the Earl of Nottingham; a cannon was positioned on the roof of St Clement's Church aimed at the house; Essex burned incriminating evidence and surrendered by evening; he was tried and executed for treason on 25 February 1601.
The site of Essex's Rebellion: Siege of Essex House 1601 lies on Eocene claystone, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is claystone.
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