BattlefieldsSiege of King's Lynn (1643)
English Civil War

Siege of King's Lynn (1643)

1643
Norfolk, England
Also known as: Parliamentary siege of Lynn 1643 · King's Lynn holdout 1643
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Norfolk, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists (King's Lynn garrison)
Forces
Royalist garrison c. 300–600; siege of isolated enclave.
VS
Victor
Parliament (Eastern Association)
Forces
Parliamentary c. 1,000–1,500
Outcome
Lynn surrendered after five-week siege; Royalist garrison allowed to march out
The Battle

History & Significance

King's Lynn declared for the King in 1643, an isolated Royalist enclave in the Parliament-dominated Eastern Association. The Earl of Manchester besieged it with the Eastern Association army. The siege lasted five weeks; the garrison surrendered on honourable terms. The fall of Lynn secured Parliament's control of the entire East Anglian coastline and denied the Royalists a port for receiving supplies or troops from continental allies.

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