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Seige of Sherborne Castle


Battle Name : Seige of Sherborne Castle

Date(s) : 02 September 1642 - 06 September 1642

Part of : The Civil Wars of the Three Kingdoms , The 1st English Civil War ,

Outcome : A victory for The Royalist Forces over The Parliamentarian Forces

Type of battle : Land, Seige

Summary

The Earl of Bedford and 7,000 men besieged Sherborne Castle, but following an attempted storming of the Castle on the 3rd which was beaten back, the seige was lifted on the 6th, and Bedford withdrew to Yeovil

Location

Sherborne, in Dorset, England (England)