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Siege of Wardour Castle

Siege of Wardour Castle was a siege conducted in November 1643 at Old Wardour Castle, in what is now United Kingdom. The recorded result: Parliamentarian victory. Recorded strength: First siege; 25; Second siege; variable; up to one regiment against First siege; 1,300; Second siege; 75.

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FoughtNovember 1643
WhereOld Wardour Castle, United Kingdom51.036N, 2.089W
OutcomeParliamentarian victory
BelligerentsRoyalistsagainstParliamentarians

Record

DateNovember 1643 (month precision)
to 8 May 1643
PlaceOld Wardour Castle, United Kingdom
51.036N, 2.089W
KindSiege, early modern
StrengthFirst siege; 25; Second siege; variable; up to one regimentFirst siege; 1,300; Second siege; 75
Commanders
  • Lady Blanche Arundell
  • Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour
  • Edward Hungerford (Roundhead)
  • William Strode (of Barrington)
  • Edmund Ludlow
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Elsewhere in 1643

Siege of Wardour Castle 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 Q85801106, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Wardour Castle, revision 1384188448, 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.