Tamworth — the ancient Mercian capital — became a minor but persistent scene of Civil War raiding and counter-raiding between Royalist and Parliamentary forces in the Staffordshire-Warwickshire border area. Tamworth Castle changed hands during the war and its control was disputed. The border zone between the heavily Royalist rural Staffordshire and Parliamentary-leaning midland towns was a constant zone of skirmish and raid.
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