battle, notable, early modern

Battle of Sedgemoor

Name: Battle of Sedgemoor
Start: 1685-07-06
Location: Bridgwater, United Kingdom

Battle of Sedgemoor was a battle fought on 6 July 1685 at Bridgwater, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of the Monmouth Rebellion. The recorded result: Royal victory. Recorded strength: 3,000 against 4,000.

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Fought6 July 1685

WhereBridgwater, United Kingdom51.116N, 2.928W

OutcomeRoyal victory

BelligerentsEnglandagainstMonmouth Rebels

Casualties and losses200 killed or woundedand1,300 killed or wounded; 2,700 captured

Battlefield todayBattle of Sedgemoor battlefieldHistoric England entry 1000032, 230 ha

Part ofMonmouth Rebellion1685

Record

Date	6 July 1685
Place	Bridgwater, United Kingdom 51.116N, 2.928W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	3,000	4,000
Casualties and losses	200 killed or wounded	1,300 killed or wounded; 2,700 captured
Commanders	Louis de Duras John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton	James Scott, Duke of Monmouth Ford Grey Nathaniel Wade

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the registered battlefield area (Historic England). Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Bridgwater 1645, 2.6 km SE
Battle of Cynwit AD 878, 12 km NW
Battle of Langport 1645, 12 km SE
Battle of Marshall's Elm 1642, 13 km E
Sieges of Taunton 1644, 16 km SW

Elsewhere in 1685

Combat data (CDB90)

	Attacker: ENG REB ARMY	Defender: ENG ARMY
Strength	4,000	3,000
Casualties	1,500 (37.5%)	300 (10.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 10	2	7
Outcome	defender won
Duration	1 day
Front width	0.8 km	1.2 km
Attacker advanced	-1 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 39), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Historic England registers this as the Battle of Sedgemoor battlefield (entry 1000032), 230 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Sedgemoor is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2557155, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Sedgemoor, revision 1382332382, 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. Battlefield boundary and area from Historic England (Open Government Licence). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.