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Pendennis Castle (Cornish: Penn Dinas, meaning "headland fortification") is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, England between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire , and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of ...
Canting arms of Arundell of Trerice: Sable, six martlets argent, alluding to the French hirondelle, a swallow. John Arundell (1576 – December 1654), [1] Esquire, of Trerice in Cornwall, later given the epithet "Jack for the King", was a member of an ancient Cornish gentry family, who as a Royalist during the Civil War served King Charles I as Governor of Pendennis Castle, Falmouth.
1642 Prince Charles at Pendennis Castle, protected by the Governor, John Arundel. 1644-5 Duke of Hamilton [1] confined in Pendennis Castle. 1644 Queen Henrietta Maria at Pendennis Castle on her way to France. 1646 Pendennis Castle besieged by Cromwell's forces under Sir Thomas Fairfax, in March, and Arwenack House partly destroyed by fire ...
The Device Forts, also known as Henrician castles and blockhouses, were a series of artillery fortifications built to defend the coast of England and Wales by Henry VIII. [a] Traditionally, the Crown had left coastal defences in the hands of local lords and communities but the threat of French and Spanish invasion led the King to issue an order, called a "device", for a major programme of work ...
The municipalities that use the term fort in their name do so for historical reasons, with many of these communities resulting from the outgrowth of migrants that settled around the original fort. Many of these municipalities continue to bear use the term fort in their names, regardless of whether or not the original fortification and/or ...
Pendennis, a novel by the English author Thackeray. Pendennis Castle, a castle in Cornwall. RMS Pendennis Castle, a ship. GWR 4073 Class 4079 Pendennis Castle, a steam locomotive. Pendennis Club, a private club in Louisville, Kentucky. Pendennis Club (cocktail), a cocktail invented at this club. Pendennis, a town in Kansas, United States.
The district encompasses 75 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Mitchell. It developed between about 1853 and 1946, and includes examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Queen Anne style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Mitchell Opera House.
The Governor of Pendennis Castle was a military officer who commanded the fortifications at Pendennis Castle, part of the defences of the River Fal and Carrick Roads, on the south coast of Cornwall near Falmouth. Originally fortified under Henry VIII, defences in the area were intermittently maintained until after the Second World War.