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French Raid on Seaford 1377

Q: When did French Raid on Seaford 1377 take place?

French Raid on Seaford 1377 took place in 1377, in Sussex, England. Coastal town of Seaford burnt and looted during the wider 1377 French raiding campaign on the Sussex coast (which also struck Rye, Winchelsea, Hastings, Rottingdean, Pevensey and Lewes).

Q: Who won French Raid on Seaford 1377?

French raiders was victorious. The defeated side was Seaford townspeople. Coastal town of Seaford burnt and looted during the wider 1377 French raiding campaign on the Sussex coast (which also struck Rye, Winchelsea, Hastings, Rottingdean, Pevensey and Lewes).

1377

Sussex, England

Era

Medieval

Battle Type

Raid

Location

Sussex, England

Status

Unregistered

The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated

Seaford townspeople

Victor

French raiders

Outcome

Coastal town of Seaford burnt and looted during the wider 1377 French raiding campaign on the Sussex coast (which also struck Rye, Winchelsea, Hastings, Rottingdean, Pevensey and Lewes).

The Battle

History & Significance

French Raid on Seaford 1377 was a medieval raid, fought at Sussex, England in 1377. French raiders prevailed over Seaford townspeople. Coastal town of Seaford burnt and looted during the wider 1377 French raiding campaign on the Sussex coast (which also struck Rye, Winchelsea, Hastings, Rottingdean, Pevensey and Lewes).

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The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of French Raid on Seaford 1377 lies on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

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Scheduled Monuments near French Raid on Seaford 1377

Martello tower no 74 on Seaford Esplanade

Scheduled monument · ~0.3 mi

Martello Tower No. 74 on Seaford Esplanade is a coastal defence tower constructed during the Napoleonic Wars in the early nineteenth century. It forms part of the extensive chain of Martello towers built along the Sussex coast between 1805 and 1812 to provide defence against potential French inva…

Simon Burchell / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Hillfort and a bowl barrow on Seaford Head

Scheduled monument · ~1.1 mi

Seaford Head Hillfort is a prehistoric fortified settlement located on the East Sussex coast near Seaford. The site comprises an Iron Age hillfort with associated Bronze Age bowl barrow, demonstrating occupation and use across multiple prehistoric periods. The hillfort is defined by defensive ear…

Shazz / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Two bowl barrows, the south easternmost pair of a group of six bowl barrows, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill

Scheduled monument · ~1.6 mi

Two bowl barrows is a south easternmost pair of a group of six bowl barrows forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill in Sussex, England. These monuments date from the Bronze Age and represent typical funerary practice of that period, when communities constructed earthen moun…

Newhaven military fort and lunette battery

Scheduled monument · ~2.1 mi

Newhaven military fort and lunette battery is a nineteenth-century coastal defence structure located at Newhaven in East Sussex. The fortification was constructed during the period of heightened defence preparations against potential French invasion in the mid-nineteenth century, reflecting the s…

Michael Coppins / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Remains of Exceat parish church: part of the former medieval settlement of Exceat, 690m south south west of Westdean Manor

Scheduled monument · ~2.6 mi

Remains of Exceat parish church is a scheduled monument comprising the archaeological traces of a medieval parish church within the deserted settlement of Exceat in East Sussex. The site lies approximately 690 metres south-southwest of Westdean Manor and represents part of a wider medieval landsc…

Andrew Diack / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Remains of a medieval manor house and associated dovecote 130m and 110m north west of Westdean Manor

Scheduled monument · ~2.7 mi

The remains of a medieval manor house and associated dovecote 130 metres and 110 metres north west of Westdean Manor is a scheduled ancient monument in Sussex. The site comprises earthwork remains of a medieval domestic complex, with the manor house and dovecote representing typical features of t…

N Chadwick / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Medieval crypt, Church Street

Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles

A pair of bowl barrows forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery, and a hlaew on Rookery Hill

Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles

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