BattlefieldsSittingbourne and Faversham Royalist Rising 1648
English Civil War

Sittingbourne and Faversham Royalist Rising 1648

1648
Kent, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Kent, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Parliamentary forces marching from London under Fairfax
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Kentish Royalist rising approximately 10,000 under county gentry
Outcome
Royalist rising spread through north Kent; approximately 10,000 Royalists gathered before Fairfax suppressed them at Maidstone; the scale of the rising showed how deeply unpopular Parliamentary rule had become in Kent.
The Battle

History & Significance

The Second Civil War Kentish rising of May-June 1648 spread rapidly through the north Kent towns of Sittingbourne and Faversham as the county gentry and common people alike rose against Parliamentary rule and the county committee. The rising gathered approximately 10,000 men before being decisively defeated at Maidstone by Fairfax in June 1648.

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