BattlefieldsSittingbourne Royalist Muster 1648
English Civil War

Sittingbourne Royalist Muster 1648

1648
Kent, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Kent, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Kentish Royalist insurgents
Forces
Parliamentary cavalry
VS
Victor
Parliamentary cavalry
Forces
Kentish Royalist insurgents
Outcome
Parliamentary cavalry dispersed the Sittingbourne muster before it could consolidate; individual insurgents fell back toward the coast or toward Maidstone.
The Battle

History & Significance

Sittingbourne was a rallying point for the Kentish Royalist rising of 1648. Armed Kentishmen gathering at the town posed a direct threat to Parliamentary control of the road between London and the Channel ports, compelling rapid Parliamentary response.

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