Thame was within easy reach of Oxford for Royalist cavalry and was regularly raided for supplies. Parliamentary forces from Aylesbury attempted to maintain their presence in the Vale of Aylesbury. The town was the scene of multiple skirmishes. It was near Chalgrove, where John Hampden was mortally wounded during a similar cavalry action.
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