BattlefieldsBarnstaple Siege 1646
English Civil War

Barnstaple Siege 1646

1646
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist garrison
Forces
Royalist garrison
VS
Victor
Parliamentary forces
Forces
Parliamentary forces under Colonel Weare
Outcome
Royalist garrison surrendered April 1646; town secured for Parliament completing the Parliamentary conquest of north Devon.
The Battle

History & Significance

Barnstaple in north Devon was a Royalist garrison that Parliamentary forces besieged in 1646 as part of the final reduction of the south-west. The town surrendered April 1646 as Royalist resistance in Devon collapsed.

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