BattlefieldsFarnham Castle Siege 1642
English Civil War

Farnham Castle Siege 1642

1642
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 Waller
Outcome
Parliamentary recapture November 1642; castle became an important Parliamentary base in Surrey for the rest of the war.
The Battle

History & Significance

Farnham Castle in Surrey was seized by Royalists at the outbreak of the Civil War as an outpost toward London. Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller retook it in November 1642, establishing it as a Parliamentary base in Surrey.

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