BLACKHEATH  , an open

common in the south-east of London, England, mainly in the metropolitan borough of Lewisham . This high-lying tract was crossed by the Roman Watling Street from Kent, on a line approximating to that of the modem Shooter's Hill; and was a rallying ground of Wat Tyler (1381), of Jack Cade (1450), and of Audley, leader of the Cornish rebels, defeated and captured here by the troops of Henry VII. in 1497 . It also witnessed the acclamations of the citizens of London on the return of Henry V. from the victory of Agincourt; the formal meeting between Henry VIII. and Anne of Cleves, and thatbetween the army of the restoration and Charles H . The introduction into England of the game of golf is traditionally placed here in 16o8, and attributed to King James I. and his Scottish followers . The common, the area of which is 267 acres, is still used for this and other pastimes . For the residential district to which Blackheath gives name, see LEWISHAM .