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Battle of Sandwich
Defeats the Danish fleet off Sandwich
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Sandwich in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Defeats the Danish fleet off Sandwich
Lands in Sandwich but because of Harold Is death meets with no resistance
Harold mobilizes to confront Tostig at the Isle of Wight but Tostig lands in the north
Raids the coast as far as Sandwich but is forced to retreat when King Harold called out land and naval forces
Tostig raids the English coast near Sandwich before Harold's mobilisation forces his ships away.
Arrives at Sandwich in order to leave the shores of Britain
Rivers assembles a force to relieve Somerset who has asked for reinforcements
Yorkists under Wenlock & Denham capture Rivers in Sandwich & take him to Calais
Yorkists under Wenlock & Denham capture Rivers in Sandwich & take him to Calais
Yorkists under Wenlock & Denham capture Rivers in Sandwich & take him to Calais
Ordered to take 500 men to reinforce Somersets Army but is captured in & executed
Death of Osbert Mountford, executed
Ordered to take 500 men to reinforce Somersets Army but is captured executed
Arrives in Englan & is joined by Kentishmen tired of Lancastrian misrule
The most dangerous Lancastrian force however, was that commanded by the Bastard of Fauconberg. As anticipated, he had landed at Sandwich and rapidly recruited a force from among the pro-Neville Kentishmen. Together with exiled Lancastrians and freebooters from several countries, his army may have numbered 16,000 or even 17,000 in total
Provenance
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