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English Civil War

Siege of Faringdon House (1645)

1645
Oxfordshire, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Oxfordshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Parliamentarians (failed to take the house by assault)
VS
Victor
Royalists (held the garrison until ordered to surrender)
Forces involved

Royalist: approximately 300 troops garrisoned from May 1644 under Col. Sir George Lisle, later Col. Marmaduke Rawdon. Parliamentarian: Oliver Cromwell's cavalry plus 600 foot soldiers from Abingdon (April 1645); younger Sir Robert Pye commanded the final assault force (1646).

Outcome
Royalist garrison under Colonel Sir George Lisle, later Colonel Marmaduke Rawdon, held Faringdon House against repeated Parliamentarian attacks including Cromwell's assault on 29 April 1645; the garrison surrendered under the Articles of Oxford on 24 June 1646, one of the last Royalist garrisons to do so.
The Battle

History & Significance

Siege of Faringdon House (1645) was a Civil War siege, the investment of a fortified position, fought at Oxfordshire, England in 1645. Royalists (held the garrison until ordered to surrender) prevailed over Parliamentarians (failed to take the house by assault). Royalist garrison under Colonel Sir George Lisle, later Colonel Marmaduke Rawdon, held Faringdon House against repeated Parliamentarian attacks including Cromwell's assault on 29 April 1645; the garrison surrendered under the Articles of Oxford on 24 June 1646, one of the last Royalist garrisons to do so.

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The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Siege of Faringdon House (1645) lies on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

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Scheduled Monuments near Siege of Faringdon House (1645)

The Roundabout hillfort, 460m west of Barter's Hill Farm
The Roundabout hillfort, 460m west of Barter's Hill Farm
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 mi

The Roundabout hillfort is a Late Bronze Age fortified settlement located near Barter's Hill Farm in Oxfordshire. The site is defined by substantial earthwork defences comprising a single rampart and ditch system that encloses an area of approximately two hectares. Archaeological evidence suggest…

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Lyneham long barrow and standing stone, 480m north east of Hill Barn
Lyneham long barrow and standing stone, 480m north east of Hill Barn
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 mi

Lyneham long barrow and standing stone is a Neolithic burial monument located in Oxfordshire, approximately 480 metres north-east of Hill Barn. The site comprises a long barrow, a characteristic megalithic tomb of the early Neolithic period, alongside an associated standing stone. Long barrows of…

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Ascott d'Oyley 12th century motte and bailey castle and associated earthworks
Ascott d'Oyley 12th century motte and bailey castle and associated earthworks
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 mi

Ascott d'Oyley is a twelfth-century motte and bailey castle situated in Oxfordshire, England. The site comprises a substantial mound with an associated bailey, representing a typical example of early Norman military architecture from the post-Conquest period. The earthworks remain well preserved,…

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Hawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges Barn
Hawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges Barn
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 mi

Hawk Stone is a standing stone located approximately 700 metres south of Claridges Barn in Oxfordshire, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age or Neolithic period, representing one of the region's prehistoric ritual or territorial markers. The stone survives as a substantial upright block,…

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Ascott Earl motte and bailey castle
Ascott Earl motte and bailey castle
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 mi

Ascott Earl motte and bailey is a Norman fortification situated in Oxfordshire, England, dating to the medieval period following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The castle comprises a substantial earthwork consisting of a mound or motte with an associated bailey or enclosed courtyard, representing t…

Andy Stephenson / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Moated site at Manor Farm
Moated site at Manor Farm
Scheduled monument · ~3.1 mi

A moated site at Manor Farm is a medieval defensive and residential earthwork located in Oxfordshire. The monument comprises a water-filled or formerly water-filled ditch enclosing an island platform, a characteristic form of aristocratic or gentry settlement dating to the medieval period, most c…

Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Skew Plantation bowl barrow
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles
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