The Battle of Deal took place on 3 July 1495 in the port town of
Deal
A deal, or deals may refer to:
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* Deal, New Jersey, a borough
* Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* Deal Lake, New Jersey
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* Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia
* Deal, Kent, a town in England
* Deal, ...
in
Kent
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when forces of the pretender
Perkin Warbeck attempted a landing and were driven off by supporters of the
Tudor monarch
Henry VII. Warbeck's 1,500 men included many
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mercenaries hired on his behalf by
Margaret of York
Margaret of York (3 May 1446 – 23 November 1503)—also by marriage known as Margaret of Burgundy—was Duchess of Burgundy as the third wife of Charles the Bold and acted as a protector of the Burgundian State after his death. She was a daugh ...
, while the Tudor fighters were mainly Kentish locals. Fierce fighting took place on the steeply sloping beach. After withdrawing by sea, Warbeck then went to
Ireland
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where he launched an equally unsuccessful
Siege of Waterford
The city of Waterford in southeastern Ireland was besieged twice during 1649 and 1650 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The town was held by Irish Confederate Catholic under General Richard Farrell and English Royalist troops u ...
where two of his ship were sunk and the nine other ships were repelled.
References
Bibliography
* Thomas Penn. ''Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England''. Simon and Schuster, 2013.
* Linda Porter. ''Crown of Thistles: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots''. Macmillan, 2013.
1495 in England
Deal
A deal, or deals may refer to:
Places United States
* Deal, New Jersey, a borough
* Deal, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* Deal Lake, New Jersey
Elsewhere
* Deal Island (Tasmania), Australia
* Deal, Kent, a town in England
* Deal, ...
Deal, Kent
Military history of Kent
Perkin Warbeck
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