BattlefieldsLyme Regis Siege 1644
English Civil War

Lyme Regis Siege 1644

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

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Parliamentary garrison of approximately 1,000 under Colonel Robert Blake
VS
Victor
Parliament
Forces
Royalist forces under Prince Maurice approximately 6,000
Outcome
Parliamentary garrison held Lyme Regis until relief by Essex in June 1644; Royalist siege raised; significant propaganda victory for Parliament.
The Battle

History & Significance

The siege of Lyme Regis by Prince Maurice from April to June 1644 was one of the great Parliamentary defensive achievements of the war. The small port town, supplied by sea, resisted a far larger Royalist force for eight weeks before Essex relieved it.

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