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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 ...
The castle comprised a four-storey central tower and three, protruding round bastions, operating in conjunction with Pendennis Castle. It was taken in the English Civil War by a Parliamentary army without a fight, but remained in use through the 18th and 19th centuries, being updated for modern weaponry.
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.
Sir John Killigrew (died 5 March 1584) of Arwenack, near Penryn, Cornwall, was the second Governor of Pendennis Castle (1568–1584), [1] appointed by Queen Elizabeth I, as stated on his father's brass in St Budock's Church. [2] He was MP for Lostwithiel in 1563 and twice for the family's pocket borough of Penryn, in 1571 and 1572. [3]
Fort Rowner. Recruiting for the Hampshire Militia Artillery was so good in the winter of 1881–82 that a sixth battery was added to it. The permanent staff was increased to 2 officers, 1 warrant officer, 17 sergeants and 6 trumpeters, with an establishment of 619 all ranks. [22] [23] The HQ of the unit was established at Fort Rowner in the ...
1538 Old Fort erected on Pendennis Point; oldest (existing) fortification of Pendennis built. 1542 St. Mawes Castle built. 1542–44 Pendennis Castle built, temp. Henry VIII. Sir John Killigrew first Governor, which office he retained until 1567. 1544 Supposed date of Henry VIII's visit to the two castles. 1552 Date of Sir Walter Raleigh's visit.
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 ...
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.