In late 1648 Charles was tried before a tribunal of 135 judges who voted by one vote that he be executed. This was carried out on 30th January 1649. Nationally, […]
Command of the Royalist Forces
In 1646 the Prince gave Lord Hopton command of the Royalist forces, Hopton advanced from Stratton towards Exeter, reaching Torrington but was confronted by Fairfax’s men, and fell back to […]
The new Cornish army raised in the aftermath of the 1644 Lostwithiel campaign was known as the New Cornish tertia. It contained 5-6000 man under Richard Grenville. The Royalists often […]
Essex had been misled into believing that he could expect substantial support from the people of Cornwall. When he had reached Bodmin on 28 July, he found that there was […]
Sir Richard Grenville arrived in Plymouth in March 1644 to maintain a blockade, but it resulted in a stalemate as the inhabitants obtained enough provisions to survive. Robert Devereux, 3rd […]
The victories for Hopton with the Cornish army provided the impetus for campaigns in Devon and Somerset. Taunton and Bridgwater were taken by the Cornish army, but Sir Bevil Grenville […]
Later in the year Parliamentarians led by The Earl of Stamford moved into North Cornwall and took up a strong defensive position at Stratton. On 16 May the Battle of […]
At the start of 1643, the Royalist position in Cornwall was threatened by the advance from Devon of two parliamentary armies under the Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford and […]
In 1642 much of the west of England, Cornwall and Wales were Royalist strongholds, although Plymouth remained in Parliamentary hands throughout the conflict. The south and east of England were […]
