The battle of Stow-on-the-Wold on 21 March 1646 was the final pitched battle of the First Civil War — the last occasion on which a Royalist army fought in the field. Lord Astley had scraped together the last Royalist reserves from the garrisons of the Welsh Marches and Midlands and was trying to join the king at Oxford. He was intercepted, defeated, and captured. His famous remark to his captors — 'You have done your work, boys, and may go play, unless you will fall out among yourselves' — proved prophetic.
c.200 killed; c.1,500 captured including Astley
This battlefield is listed on the Register of Historic Battlefields — a national designation identifying Britain's most significant battle sites for protection and further research. Reference: EHB31.
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