BattlefieldsSiege of Lyme Regis 1644
English Civil War

Siege of Lyme Regis 1644

1644
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist
Forces
Lyme garrison and naval support
VS
Victor
Parliamentarian
Forces
Royalist army under Prince Maurice
Outcome
Garrison holds; siege raised by Essex relief force
The Battle

History & Significance

The Royalist Prince Maurice besieged the small Parliamentary port of Lyme Regis for eleven weeks from April to June 1644; the garrison under Colonel Blake held out with naval support until Essex relief force arrived, tying up significant Royalist forces during a critical phase of the war.

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