Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Edward Massey

Battles of Edward Massey

English soldier and politician (1619-1674)

Edward Massey is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1643 and 1651: 2 battles and 3 sieges, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 313 km apart end to end, 78 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First English Civil War (1), Third English Civil War (1), Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1).

Siege of GloucesterSiege of BridgwaterSiege of TivertonBattle of UptonBattle of WorcesterSiege of GloucesterSiege of BridgwaterSiege of TivertonBattle of UptonBattle of WorcesterBirminghamCardiffNottinghamBrightonPortsmouthStokePlymouthLutonOxfordPeterborough100 km51.546N, 2.853W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1643: 1 engagements1645: 2 engagements2 in 16451651: 2 engagements2 in 165116431651
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Gloucester, 1643Siege of Bridgwater, 1645Siege of Tiverton, 1645Battle of Upton, 1651Battle of Worcester, 165116431651
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
5 September 1643Siege of GloucesterGloucester, United KingdomParliamentarian victory
13 July 1645Siege of BridgwaterBridgwater, United Kingdom96 km SWParliamentarian victory
1645Siege of TivertonTiverton, United Kingdom47 km SWParliamentary victory
28 August 1651Battle of UptonUpton upon Severn, United Kingdom156 km NEParliamentarian victory
3 September 1651Battle of WorcesterWorcester, United Kingdom14 km NDecisive Parliamentarian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.