siege, early modern
Siege of Reading
Siege of Reading was a siege conducted on 4 November 1642 at Reading, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of First English Civil War, which ran from 1642 to 1646. The recorded result: Parliamentarian victory. Recorded strength: about 3,300 against about 19,000.
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Record
| Date | 4 November 1642 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Reading, United Kingdom 51.454N, 0.973W | |
| Part of | First English Civil War (1642 to 1646) | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Result | Parliamentarian victory | |
| Belligerents | Royalists | England Parliamentarians |
| Commanders | Sir Arthur Aston; Richard Feilding | Earl of Essex |
| Strength | about 3,300 | about 19,000 |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Reading 1688, 0.2 km
- Battle of Reading AD 871, 1.1 km
- Battle of Englefield AD 870, 8.9 km
- Battle of Ashdown AD 871, 20 km
- Battle of Basing AD 871, 21 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Aylesbury 1 November 1642
- After: Battle of Brentford 12 November 1642
- All 46 engagements of First English Civil War
Elsewhere in 1642
- Battle of Breitenfeld Germany
- Battle of Honnecourt France
- Battle of Barcelona Spain
- Battle of Lleida Spain
- Battle of Kempen Germany
Siege of Reading is one of 979 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 599 in present-day United Kingdom.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510338, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Reading, revision 1375675683, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.