Dorset was a significant area in the English Civil War. Significant sieges include those at Corfe Castle and Sherborne Castle.[1]
Background
editDorset was majority Royalist, except for in Lyme Regis and in Poole.[2]
1642
editThe Battle of Babylon Hill was fought at Babylon Hill in 1642, but the conflict was inconclusive.[3]
1643
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Mary Bankes was a Royalist who defended Corfe Castle from a three-year siege inflicted by the parliamentarians.
Portland Castle was captured by a group of Royalists who gained access by pretending to be Parliamentary soldiers.[4]
1644
editThe Siege of Lyme Regis was an eight-week blockade of Lyme Regis.
1645
editThe Battle of Weymouth took place.[5]
References
edit- ^ ""Vile Ministers" and "Poor Silly Creatures" | Dorset Life - The Dorset Magazine". Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ Moseley 2015.
- ^ "The A-to-Z of Yeovil's History - by Bob Osborn". www.yeovilhistory.info. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ Lawson 2002, pp. 19, 24; Harrington 2007, p. 49
- ^ Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. Proceedings. Robarts - University of Toronto. Dorchester [etc.]
Works cited
edit- Harrington, Peter (2007). The Castles of Henry VIII. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-0380-1.
- Lawson, Susannah (2002). Portland Castle: Dorset. London, UK: English Heritage. ISBN 978-1-85074-725-3.
- Moseley, Sophia (18 June 2015). "The Siege of Lyme Regis – what inspired inhabitants to fight the Royalists". Dorset Magazine. Archant. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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