A Second Civil War Royalist rising in Surrey in July 1648 centred on Kingston-upon-Thames, where the Earl of Holland led a cavalry force of approximately 600 Royalists. They occupied Kingston briefly but fled northward when Parliamentary cavalry under Colonel Rich appeared, ultimately being dispersed near St Neots in Huntingdonshire.
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