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What Was Your Fate As A Prisoner Of War? ⛓️ As today marks the Day of International Criminal Justice, let’s take a look at the fate of those captured during the English Civil Wars. 📸: Michael Molcher
Don't miss this FREE event at Foxdenton Hall this weekend – cannons will roar and history will come alive as the English Civil Wars come to Greater Manchester! Find out the details here: earlofmanchesters.co.uk/foxdenton-ha...
Who will YOU meet when you step into the past at Foxdenton Hall this weekend? Will it be a tailor? Apothecary? Barber surgeon? Will you learn about printing or watch a soldier gamble away his pay? Step into the 17th Century near Manchester at this FREE event earlofmanchesters.co.uk/foxdenton-ha...
The Civil War is coming to Foxdenton Hall this weekend — download the app now! bit.ly/civilwarsapp Meet the characters, see the event details, and play the scavanger hunt around our camp!
Why Did Scotland Side With Parliament? 🏴 Despite its name, the English Civil War was not a purely English affair. It was fought across the British Isles and Ireland, beginning in Scotland with the Bishops’ Wars of 1638 and 1639, as well as the Irish Rebellion of 1641. 📷: Chris Lowe
A Missed Chance To Win The War ⚔️ The Battle of Edge Hill was the first clash of what would be a long and arduous civil war, but could it have ended much sooner? 📷: Hadfield Photography
A Skirmish at Rowde ⚔️ On 9th July 1643, the Royalist Western Army was withdrawing after Lansdown Hill. They held the field but were in poor condition. Sir Bevil Grenville had been killed, and a powder explosion had damaged their supplies and injured Sir Ralph Hopton. 📷: Rhodri Ross
Resistance at Raglan 🏰 By the summer of 1646, the first English Civil War had become a pattern of Parliamentarian forces mopping up isolated Royalist garrisons scattered across the country. While many capitulated relatively quickly, Raglan Castle was to prove more stubborn. 📷: Ruth Lochrie
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On the 6th July 1610, Thomas Rainsborough was born! He was a prominent figure of the Leveller movement, but who were the Levellers?
The Battle of Lansdowne ⚔️ Fought on the 5th of July, 1643, the Battle of Lansdowne Hill was part of a series of clashes between commanders Lord Ralph Hopton and William Waller as they struggled for control of the south west. 📷: Ruth Lochrie
The Aftermath of Marston Moor ⚔️ With the Royalist army destroyed at Marston Moor on the 2nd July 1644, the survivors made their way back to the safety of York, including many wounded. 📷: Michael Molcher
FREE event! Step back in time at Foxdenton Hall on 18-19 July, meet Cavalier and Roundhead and experience life in the 17th Century as the grounds of Foxdenton Hall play host the English Civil Wars earlofmanchesters.co.uk/foxdenton-ha...
The Battle of Adwalton Moor ⚔️ In early 1643, it was clear to both Parliament and the Royalists that they needed to prepare for a long war. Edge Hill had not been the decisive engagement many expected, and the King’s failure to seize London left the conflict at a stalemate. 📷: Mel Green
John Felton - The Man Who Killed the Duke ⚔️ In August 1628, George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, was continuing his plans for a military campaign in France from his lodgings at the Greyhound Inn in Portsmouth. 📷: Mike Graham
A Battle Before The War ⚔️ Although King Charles raising his royal standard in Nottingham is seen as the moment the Civil Wars began, violence had already broken out across the country, including at Marshall’s Elm in Somerset in August, 1642. 📷: Ruth Lochrie
Found where they keep all the books that take "The Long Seventeeth Century" a little too far...
Friendly Fire! 🤕 With no uniformity in the clothes that soldiers wore during the English Civil Wars, it is understandable how armies could inadvertently attack their own side. 📸: Levitt Parkes
Cromwell Captures Edinburgh ⚔️🏴 When Edinburgh surrendered to Cromwell after the Battle of Dunbar in 1650, the castle refused to follow. For months it remained the last major stronghold in the capital still flying the Scottish colours. 📷: Emily Reilly