The English Civil War between Charles I and Parliament began in 1642 after the King had insisted on ruling on his own for more than a decade. By 1640 he had been forced to summon the House of Commo… ...

Berwick history linked to English civil war Ex-Scottish soldiers made up quarter town's population. ... are the result of a victory by Oliver Cromwell in 1650 over the Scottish royalist army. ...

The day Leicester was invaded by an army - 376 years ago amid the brutality of civil war. The Royalists stormed the city during the English Civil War. leicestermercury.

Introduction. Between 1642 and 1646 England was torn apart by a bloody civil war. On the one hand stood the supporters of King Charles I: the Royalists.

The Royalist War Effort, 1642-1646 by Ronald Hutton (1982) For King and Parliament: Bristol and the Civil War by John Lynch (1999) The Revolt of the Provinces by J S Morrill (1976) ...

Magnet fishers have discovered a 350-year-old cannonball thought to have been used during the English Civil War. The group were carrying out a search of the River Lochy in the Scottish Highlands ...

Some of the proclamations of loyalty to Charles may sound strange, now we have a King Charles again. For the past half century, The King's Army, a royalist branch of the English Civil War Society ...

A cannon set off a car alarm at an English Civil War re-enactment in Chippenham at the weekend. The event, at Monkton Park throughout Saturday and Sunday, recreated the 17th Century Royalist ...

The English Civil War (1642-1651) was a series of armed conflicts between the Royalists, who supported King Charles I, and the Parliamentarians, who sought to limit his power and establish a ...

The find includes more than 1,000 gold and silver coins that were likely hidden during the first English Civil War. Betty and Robert Fooks unexpectedly unearthed the 17th-century hoard at their ...