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ENGLISH CIVIL WAR HISTORY: MARCH 29TH, 1644 AND MARCH 30TH, 1643

March 29th, 1644 -The Battle of Cheriton – Sir William Waller’s Parliamentarian army was all that stood between Lord Hopton’s Royalist forces and London. With many on the Continue reading

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March 28th, 1643 – The Earl of Derby leads his Royalist army in another attempt to drive the Parliamentarians out of Bolton. This attack was Continue reading

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THIS DATE IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR HISTORY

March 26th, 1643 – William Waller and his Parliamentarian forces take the Continue reading

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THIS DATE IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR HISTORY

March 18th, 1643 – Having gathered reinforcements for his Royalist army at Latham Hall, the Earl of Derby leads his forces in an assault on Continue reading

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THIS DATE IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR HISTORY

March 16th, 1647 – Wales’ Harlech Castle, long a Royalist stronghold throughout Continue reading

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THIS DATE IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR HISTORY

March 12th, 1644 – Sir Thomas Fairfax, realizing Lady Derby is just playing for time in hopes that relief will arrive for Latham House, calls Continue reading

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THIS DATE IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR HISTORY

March 8th, 1644 – Sir John Meldrum, just two days after beginning a Continue reading

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March 7th, 1643 – Queen Henrietta Marie, the self-styled “She- Majesty, La Generalissima”, and her caravan of supplies and mercenaries for King Continue reading

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March 1st, 1645 – Sir Marmaduke Langdale and his Northern Horse Continue reading

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THIS DATE IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR HISTORY: WOMEN’S STUDIES STUDENTS TAKE NOTE

February 28th, 1644 – Latham House, one of the few Royalist strongholds left in Lancaster by 1644, came under siege by Continue reading

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