BattlefieldsRockingham Castle Royalist Garrison 1643
English Civil War

Rockingham Castle Royalist Garrison 1643

1643
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalist Rockingham garrison
VS
Victor
Parliament
Forces
Parliamentary Northamptonshire forces
Outcome
Parliamentary capture of Rockingham Castle 1643. Northamptonshire border with Leicestershire secured for Parliament.
The Battle

History & Significance

Rockingham Castle in Northamptonshire on the Leicestershire border was a Royalist garrison in 1643, threatening the Eastern Association from the west. Parliamentary forces from Northampton eventually took the castle and garrisoned it, using its elevated position to control the Welland valley and the routes between Leicester and the Eastern Association heartland.

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