West Kent saw frequent skirmishing between Parliamentary forces based at London and Royalist sympathisers and raiding parties coming from the Oxford Royalist territory. Tonbridge and the Weald were strategically important; iron production in the Weald made the area vital for artillery and munitions. Parliamentary control of the ironworks denied the Royalists this crucial industrial resource.
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