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First Battle of Newbury

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The First Battle of Newbury was a battle of the First English Civil War that was fought on 20 September 1643 between a Royalist army, under the personal command of King Charles, and a Parliamentarian force led by the Earl of Essex. [1]

60 relations: Aldbourne, Aldermaston, Aylesbury, Banbury, Battle of Adwalton Moor, Battle of Aldbourne Chase, Battle of Edgehill, Battle of Marston Moor, Battle of Roundway Down, Battle of Turnham Green, Bishops' Wars, Blair Worden, Brackley, Cavalier, Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, Charles I of England, Cotswolds, Covenanter, Donnington Castle, Dorchester, Dorset, Edward Massey, Escarpment, Faringdon, First English Civil War, Flying column, George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Gloucester, Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, Hounslow Heath, Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading, John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse, John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, Maurice of the Palatinate, Newbury, Berkshire, Oxford, Painswick, Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Forth, Philip Skippon, Philip Stapleton, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Reading, Berkshire, Rendcomb, River Avon, Bristol, River Enborne, River Kennet, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, Roundhead, Severn Valley, Siege of Gloucester, ..., Solemn League and Covenant, Storming of Bristol, Sudeley Castle, Trainband, Upton, Slough, Walter Yonge (died 1649), Wantage, Wash Common, William Legge (Royalist), William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison. Expand index (10 more) »

Aldbourne

Aldbourne is a village and civil parish about north-east of Marlborough in Wiltshire, England.

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Aldermaston

Aldermaston is a mostly rural, dispersed settlement, civil parish and electoral ward in Berkshire, England.

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Aylesbury

Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire, England.

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Banbury

Banbury is a historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England.

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Battle of Adwalton Moor

The Battle of Adwalton Moor was a battle in the English Civil War on 30 June 1643.

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Battle of Aldbourne Chase

The Battle of Aldbourne Chase, in 1643, was a battle of the First English Civil War, in which a flying column of Royalist troops, led by Prince Rupert, attacked the dangerously extended Parliamentarian troops of Essex's army at Aldbourne Chase in Wiltshire.

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Battle of Edgehill

The Battle of Edgehill (or Edge Hill) was a pitched battle of the First English Civil War.

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Battle of Marston Moor

The Battle of Marston Moor was fought on 2 July 1644, during the First English Civil War of 1642–1646.

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Battle of Roundway Down

The Battle of Roundway Down was fought on 13 July 1643, during the First English Civil War.

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Battle of Turnham Green

The Battle of Turnham Green occurred on 13 November 1642 near the village of Turnham Green, at the end of the first campaigning season of the First English Civil War.

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Bishops' Wars

The Bishops' Wars (Bellum Episcopale) were conflicts, both political and military, which occurred in 1639 and 1640 centred on the nature of the governance of the Church of Scotland, and the rights and powers of the Crown.

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Blair Worden

Alastair Blair Worden, FBA (born 12 January 1945), usually known by his middle name Blair, is a historian, among the leading authorities on the period of the English Civil War and on relations between literature and history more generally in the early modern period.

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Brackley

Brackley is a town in Northamptonshire, England, from Oxford and from Northampton.

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Cavalier

The term Cavalier was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier Royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. 1679).

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Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield

Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield PC (c. 16187 January 1694) was an English aristocrat, soldier and courtier.

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Charles I of England

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

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Cotswolds

The Cotswolds is an area in south central England containing the Cotswold Hills, a range of rolling hills which rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment, known as the Cotswold Edge, above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.

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Covenanter

The Covenanters were a Scottish Presbyterian movement that played an important part in the history of Scotland, and to a lesser extent that of England and Ireland, during the 17th century.

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Donnington Castle

Donnington Castle is a ruined medieval castle, situated in the small village of Donnington, just north of the town of Newbury in the English county of Berkshire.

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Dorchester, Dorset

Dorchester is the county town of Dorset, England.

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Edward Massey

Sir Edward Massey was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1674.

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Escarpment

An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as an effect of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively leveled areas having differing elevations.

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Faringdon

Faringdon is a historic market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England.

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First English Civil War

The First English Civil War (1642–1646) began the series of three wars known as the English Civil War (or "Wars").

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Flying column

A flying column is a small, independent, military land unit capable of rapid mobility and usually composed of all arms.

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George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol

George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, KG (bapt. 5 November 161220 March 1677) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he was raised to the House of Lords.

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Gloucester

Gloucester is a city and district in Gloucestershire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford

Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford (c. 1599 – 21 August 1673), known as the Lord Grey of Groby from 1614 to 1628, was an English nobleman and military leader.

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Hounslow Heath

Hounslow Heath is a local nature reserve in the London Borough of Hounslow.

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Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading

Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading (1579February 1652) was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War.

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John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse

John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse (or Bellasis) (24 June 1614 – 10 September 1689) was an English nobleman, soldier and Member of Parliament, notable for his role during and after the English Civil War.

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John Byron, 1st Baron Byron

John Byron, 1st Baron Byron KB (1599, Newstead, Nottinghamshire – 23 August 1652) was an English nobleman, Royalist, politician, peer, knight, and supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War, He was a member of the Byron family.

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Maurice of the Palatinate

Maurice, Prince Palatine of the Rhine KG (Küstrin Castle, Brandenburg, 16 January 1621 ns. – near the Virgin Islands, September 1652), was the fourth son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Princess Elizabeth, only daughter of King James I of England and VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark.

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Newbury, Berkshire

Newbury is a market town in Berkshire, England, which is the administrative headquarters of West Berkshire.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.

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Painswick

Painswick is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.

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Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Forth

Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Forth and 1st Earl of Brentford (c. 1573 – 2 February 1651) was a Scottish nobleman, general, and diplomat.

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Philip Skippon

Philip Skippon (c. 1600, West Lexham, Norfolk – c. 20 February 1660) was an English soldier, who fought in the English Civil War.

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Philip Stapleton

Sir Philip Stapleton (1603–1647), of Warter-on-the Wolds in Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament, a supporter of the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War.

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Prince Rupert of the Rhine

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland (17 December 1619 – 29 November 1682) was a noted German soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist during the 17th century.

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Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a large, historically important minster town in Berkshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Rendcomb

Rendcomb is a village in the Cotswold local authority area of the English county of Gloucestershire.

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River Avon, Bristol

The River Avon is an English river in the south west of the country.

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River Enborne

The River Enborne is a river that rises near the villages of Inkpen and West Woodhay, to the West of Newbury, Berkshire and flows into the River Kennet.

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River Kennet

The Kennet is a river in the south of England, and a tributary of the River Thames.

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Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, KB, PC (11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century.

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Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon

Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1610 – 20 September 1643) was an English peer.

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Roundhead

Roundheads were supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War.

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Severn Valley

The Severn Valley is a rural area of mid-western England, through which the River Severn runs and the Severn Valley Railway steam heritage line operates, starting at its northernmost point in Bridgnorth, Shropshire and running south for 16 miles (26 km) to Ribbesford, a few miles south of Bewdley, Worcestershire in the Wyre Forest.

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Siege of Gloucester

The Siege of Gloucester was an engagement in the First English Civil War.

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Solemn League and Covenant

The Solemn League and Covenant was an agreement between the Scottish Covenanters and the leaders of the English Parliamentarians in 1643 during the First English Civil War.

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Storming of Bristol

The Storming of Bristol took place on 26 July 1643, during the First English Civil War.

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Sudeley Castle

Sudeley Castle is located in the Cotswolds near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England.

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Trainband

Trainbands were companies of militia in England or the Americas, first organized in the 16th century and dissolved in the 18th.

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Upton, Slough

Upton is a suburb of Slough in Berkshire, England.

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Walter Yonge (died 1649)

Walter Yonge (1579–1649) of Great House in the parish of Colyton in Devon, England, was a lawyer, merchant and diarist.

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Wantage

Wantage is a historic market town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England.

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Wash Common

Wash Common is a small suburb to the south of Newbury, Berkshire.

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William Legge (Royalist)

William Legge (1608 – 13 October 1670) was an English royalist army officer, a close associate of Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

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William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison

William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison (1614–1643) was an English knight, Irish peer, and Cavalier soldier who was killed leading a cavalry attack at the First Battle of Newbury.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Newbury

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