Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading

Battles of Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading

British Royalist commander (1579 – February 1652)

Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1640 and 1646: 4 battles, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 435 km apart end to end, 145 km between engagements on average. Most belong to English Civil War (2), First English Civil War (1).

Battle of NewburnBattle of EdgehillBattle of NasebyBattle of Stow-on-the-WoldBattle of NewburnBattle of EdgehillBattle of NasebyBattle of Stow-on-the-WoldBirminghamManchesterLeedsLiverpoolNottinghamMiddlesbroughStokeKingston upon HullBlackpoolOxford200 km53.462N, 1.373W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1640: 1 engagements1 in 16401642: 1 engagements1 in 16421645: 1 engagements1 in 16451646: 1 engagements1 in 164616401646
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Newburn, 1640Battle of Edgehill, 1642Battle of Naseby, 1645Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold, 164616401646
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
28 August 1640Battle of NewburnNewburn, United KingdomCovenanter victory
23 October 1642Battle of EdgehillEdgehill, United Kingdom317 km SInconclusive
14 June 1645Battle of NasebyNaseby, United Kingdom45 km NEParliamentarian victory
21 March 1646Battle of Stow-on-the-WoldStow-on-the-Wold, United Kingdom73 km SWParliamentarian 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, anonymous, English School, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.