BattlefieldsWoodstock Palace Siege 1646
English Civil War

Woodstock Palace Siege 1646

1646
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist garrison
Forces
Royalist garrison
VS
Victor
Parliamentary forces
Forces
Parliamentary Oxfordshire forces
Outcome
Royalist garrison surrendered Woodstock April 1646 on terms; palace subsequently used by Parliamentary garrison and partly demolished.
The Battle

History & Significance

Woodstock Palace was garrisoned for the king as an outpost of the Oxford defensive perimeter. Parliamentary forces besieged it in April 1646 as part of the final reduction of the Oxford garrison ring.

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