BattlefieldsLancashire Muster for Booth's Rising 1659
English Civil War

Lancashire Muster for Booth's Rising 1659

1659
Blackburn with Darwen, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Blackburn with Darwen, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Lancashire Royalist-Presbyterian insurgents
Forces
Parliamentary garrison forces
VS
Victor
Parliamentary forces
Forces
Lancashire Royalist-Presbyterian insurgents
Outcome
Lancashire insurgents dispersed without major action when news of Winnington Bridge reached them; Lambert's rapid march north had pre-empted the rising.
The Battle

History & Significance

Sir George Booth's rising of August 1659 attracted support from Lancashire gentry and Presbyterians who mustered forces for the Royalist cause across Lancashire. The Lancashire muster was part of the coordinated rising intended to cover northern England simultaneously, though the Lancashire element failed to coalesce effectively before Lambert arrived.

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