BattlefieldsBooth Rising Welsh Dimension 1659
English Civil War

Booth Rising Welsh Dimension 1659

1659
Denbighshire, Wales
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Denbighshire, Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Commonwealth local militia
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Welsh Royalist networks preparing for rising
Outcome
Welsh dimension of Booth rising aborted after Winnington Bridge defeat; conspirators stood down
The Battle

History & Significance

Sir George Booth raised his Royalist-Presbyterian revolt in August 1659, and Welsh Royalist networks attempted to coordinate a simultaneous rising in north Wales and the Marches. Welsh gentry sympathetic to the Restoration met covertly and prepared arms, but news of Booth defeat at Winnington Bridge on 19 August 1659 caused the Welsh conspirators to stand down before committing openly. Several Welsh Royalist gentry were later imprisoned for suspected conspiracy.

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