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Wyatt's Rebellion: March through Brentford, February 1554

1554
England
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
march
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
Outcome
Wyatt's force passed through Brentford without recorded combat there; heavy rain caused desertions (including 'whitecoat' troops) and the breakdown of naval gun carriages in the mud, delaying the march before the rebels reached Hyde Park Corner and then fought their way through the Strand and Fleet Street to Ludgate, arriving with a much depleted force. Wyatt surrendered the same day (7 February 1554) and was later executed.
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Wyatt's Rebellion: March through Brentford, February 1554 was a Tudor march, fought in England in 1554. Wyatt's force passed through Brentford without recorded combat there; heavy rain caused desertions (including 'whitecoat' troops) and the breakdown of naval gun carriages in the mud, delaying the march before the rebels reached Hyde Park Corner and then fought their way through the Strand and Fleet Street to Ludgate, arriving with a much depleted force. Wyatt surrendered the same day (7 February 1554) and was later executed.

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The ground they fought on

The site of Wyatt's Rebellion: March through Brentford, February 1554 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 Wyatt's Rebellion: March through Brentford, February 1554

Kew Palace (remains of)
Kew Palace (remains of)
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 mi

Kew Palace is a brick-built royal residence located within the grounds of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, in Surrey. The structure dates from 1631 and was constructed as a private house before being acquired by the royal family in the late eighteenth century. The palace served as a residence for m…

xlibber / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The Shene Charterhouse
The Shene Charterhouse
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 mi

The Shene Charterhouse is a Carthusian monastery founded in 1415 by Henry V on the outskirts of Richmond, Surrey. The house followed the strict contemplative rule of the Carthusian order and became one of England's most important charterhouses before its dissolution in 1539. The surviving remains…

Anton van den Wyngaerde / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Hanwell flight of locks and brick boundary wall of St Bernard's Hospital
Hanwell flight of locks and brick boundary wall of St Bernard's Hospital
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 mi

The Hanwell flight of locks is a series of ten locks on the Grand Junction Canal constructed between 1794 and 1805, representing an important engineering solution to the significant change in water level required at this location in Middlesex. The accompanying brick boundary wall of St Bernard's…

Smeashy / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Windmill Bridge
Windmill Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 mi

Windmill Bridge is a late eighteenth-century stone bridge located in Middlesex, England. The structure crosses a watercourse and represents a modest example of Georgian-period engineering infrastructure serving the local landscape. Its construction reflects the period's investment in rural commun…

Smeashy / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Chiswick House
Chiswick House
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 mi

Chiswick House is a Palladian villa constructed between 1725 and 1729 for Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, on his estate in Chiswick, west London. Designed by Burlington himself in emulation of the classical architecture of Andrea Palladio and the Veneto, the building represents a seminal s…

Michael Coppins / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Mound at TQ1891972117, Richmond Park
Mound at TQ1891972117, Richmond Park
Scheduled monument · ~3.9 mi

Mound at TQ1891972117, Richmond Park is a prehistoric earthwork located within the royal park in Surrey. The mound represents a Bronze Age burial monument, typical of the funerary practices evident across the Thames valley during the second millennium BCE. Its survival within the landscape of Ric…

Doyle of London / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
London's Early Porcelain Industries: The Isleworth Pottery
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
King Henry VIII's Mound, Richmond Park
Scheduled monument · ~3.2 miles
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