Wantage in the Vale of White Horse was raided by Royalist cavalry from Oxford in 1644, demonstrating the Royalist ability to raid into the Berkshire countryside despite Parliamentary control of the region. The raid gathered supplies and recruited among the local population before the cavalry returned to Oxford.
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