Manchester was the most significant English town through which the Jacobite army passed on its march south in November 1745. The city gave the warmest English reception to Prince Charles — a few hundred Manchunians volunteered for the Manchester Regiment under Francis Townley. This regiment was almost the only tangible English Jacobite contribution to the '45. On the retreat, the Manchester Regiment was left to garrison Carlisle and was subsequently captured, tried for treason, and its leaders executed.
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