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During the summer of 1643, the Royalists laid plans to win the war by marching on London. However, before this could be contemplated, it would be necessary for them to defeat the Parliamentarian forces holding Hull and Plymouth; otherwise, as the Royalist forces moved on London, the garrisons of those two towns could sortie out and attack the Royalist rear areas.
King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, [2] is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is 36 miles (58 km) north-east of Peterborough , 44 miles (71 km) north-north-east of Cambridge and 44 miles (71 km) west of Norwich .
The only serious fighting in Norfolk during the civil war was at King's Lynn, where Royalist sympathies were strongest. In April 1643 Parliament investigated King's Lynn and ordered the detention of the town's prominent Royalists. That August, on the assurance that Royalist forces would soon arrive, the town declared openly for the King.
The king takes control of the town from the bishop. From then on it is known as King's Lynn: 1572: Thatched roofs are banned to reduce the risk of fire 1605: Greenland Fishery House is built 1643: During the civil war, King's Lynn is captured by a parliamentary army 1665: Plague strikes 1683: The Custom House is built 1708
Events from the year 1643 in England. This is the second year of the First English Civil War , fought between Roundheads ( Parliamentarians ) and Cavaliers ( Royalist supporters of King Charles I ).
St Margaret's Church. The construction of St Margaret's Church) in 1101 is the point at which King's Lynn first came into existence in terms of how it is now recognised. Commissioned by the Bishop of Norwich, Herbert de Losinga, at the request of the townspeople 'in honour of the Holy Mary Magdalene and St Margaret and all holy virgins', the church is one of the town's most dominating landmar
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1643 was the second year of the First English Civil War.Politically, the latter months of the year were the turning-point of the war. The King made a truce with the Irish rebels on 15 September which united against him nearly every class in Protestant England.