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English Civil War

Exeter Parliamentary Capture 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 under Sir John Berkeley
VS
Victor
Parliamentary forces
Forces
Parliamentary western forces under Weare
Outcome
Parliamentary capture of Exeter April 1646; major Royalist western city surrendered; Princess Henrietta Maria born there during the siege.
The Battle

History & Significance

Exeter, a major Royalist city in Devon where the infant Princess Henrietta Maria was born, was besieged by Parliamentary forces in 1645-46. Queen Henrietta Maria had already fled to France. The city surrendered April 1646.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Exeter Parliamentary Capture 1646

The medieval Exe Bridge, St Edmund's Church, and medieval tenement remains, lying between the River Exe and Frog Street
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
St Nicholas' Priory
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Hall of the Vicars Choral, South Street
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Roman baths (site of), The Deanery
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Part of the Roman town of Exeter, beneath Cathedral Green
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
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