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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 SW 3 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Battlefield (1450), Sole Fields, Sevenoaks |
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Summary
Battlefield (site of) The followers of Jack Cade met and defeated a detachment of royalists under Sir Humphrey Stafford on 24th June, 1450, killing the commander
| Grid Reference: | TQ 531 537 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55SW |
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| Parish: | SEVENOAKS, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BATTLEFIELD (BATTLEFIELD, Medieval - 1450 AD to 1450 AD (once between))
Full description
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(Name TQ 531 537) Sole Fields Site of Battle A.D. 1450 (1) At Sole Fields, Sevenoaks, the followers of Jack Cade met and defeated a detachment of royalists under Sir Humphrey Stafford on 24th June, 1450, killing the commander. (2-3)
<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.
<2> Hist. of England 4, 1849, 99 (J. Lingard) (OS Card Reference). SKE44063.
<3> Sevenoaks Essays 1931, 32 (G. Ward) (OS Card Reference). SKE49444.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: Hist. of England 4, 1849, 99 (J. Lingard). [Mapped feature: #40534 battlefield, ] |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Sevenoaks Essays 1931, 32 (G. Ward). |
