BattlefieldsDorking Surrey Royalist Sympathiser Suppression 1643
English Civil War

Dorking Surrey Royalist Sympathiser Suppression 1643

1643
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Royalist sympathisers
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Parliamentary Surrey county committee forces
Outcome
Parliamentary committee forces suppressed Royalist sympathy in the Dorking area; recusant estates sequestered; Surrey secured for Parliament.
The Battle

History & Significance

Dorking in Surrey saw Parliamentary county committee operations against Royalist sympathisers in 1643. The Surrey committee moved against recusant Catholic families in the area whose estates were sequestered and whose tenants were suspected of sheltering Royalist agents and deserters from the Parliamentary forces.

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