BattlefieldsSiege of Ludlow Castle
English Civil War

Siege of Ludlow Castle

1646
Shropshire, England
Also known as: Ludlow 1646
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Shropshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalist garrison c.200–400.
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians (Birch)
Forces
Parliamentary c.2,000–3,000
Outcome
Ludlow surrendered May 1646; last major Royalist garrison in Shropshire
The Battle

History & Significance

Ludlow Castle — seat of the Council of the Marches and one of the most important medieval castles in England — held a Royalist garrison. Parliament reduced it in May 1646. The castle's surrender removed the last major Royalist base in the Welsh Marches. Ludlow had been Prince Arthur's seat before his death in 1502; it was the administrative capital of Wales and the Marches for centuries.

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