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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 65 NW 33 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Battlefield, Blacksole Field, Wrotham |
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Summary
Blacksole Field, Site of Rebellion (Jan 28th 1554)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6055 5949 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ65NW |
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| Parish: | WROTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BATTLEFIELD (BATTLEFIELD, Post Medieval - 1554 AD to 1554 AD)
Full description
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[Centred at TQ 60555950] Blacksole Field Site of a battle (January 28th 1554) [NAT] (1) In 1554, due to the proposed marriage of Mary and Philip of Spain, Sir Thomas Wyatt of Allington Castle, stirred up a rebellion in Kent. His followers under the command of Anthony Knyvet were defeated in Blacksole Field near Wrotham, in a fight with shots and arrows, by the sheriff's troops. The rebellion came to grief and Wyatt was executed on the 15th March, 1554.(2) Relics of the combat - swords and skull-caps - have been found in Blacksole Field.(3) Now an orchard; no further information.(4) Additional bibliography (not consulted) (5-6)
<1> OS 6" 1936 (OS Card Reference). SKE48337.
<2> Ightham The story of a Kentish village 1907 65 (Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE44205.
<3> Memorials of Malling 1893 50 (CH Fielding) (OS Card Reference). SKE46879.
<4> F1 FGA 27.02.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42988.
<5> Wrotham Conservation Study 1977 (OS Card Reference). SKE51417.
<6> Wrotham Offical Guide (OS Card Reference). SKE51418.
<7> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 33 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3374.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1936. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Ightham The story of a Kentish village 1907 65 (Bennett). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Memorials of Malling 1893 50 (CH Fielding). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 27.02.64. |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: Wrotham Conservation Study 1977. |
| <6> | OS Card Reference: Wrotham Offical Guide. |
| <7>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 33 - February, 1964. [Mapped feature: #12839 battlefield, ] |
