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The first engagement was in November 1643, when Sir William Waller at the head of an army of about 7,000 attempted to take Basing House by direct assault. After three failed attempts it became obvious to him that his troops lacked the necessary resolve, and with winter fast approaching Waller retreated back to a more friendly location.
On the outbreak of the English Civil War, he fortified and garrisoned Basing House and held it for Charles I during 1643 and 1644. The siege of Basing House, notwithstanding an attempt of his younger brother, Lord Charles Paulet, to deliver it up to the enemy, lasted from August 1643 to 16 October 1645, when, during the general decline of the ...
Essex was successful in preventing this, but his London regiments again went home. Sir William Waller's new army in Hampshire failed lamentably in an attempt on Basing House on 7 November, the London-trained bands, deserting en bloc. [10] Shortly afterwards, on 9 December, Arundel surrendered to a force under Sir Ralph, now Lord Hopton. [9]
The Parliamentarians end the siege of Basing House for a second time: 11: 15: 1644: Basing House 2nd (Siege Ends) 1st English Civil War: The Cessation of Arms is renewed: 12: 01: 1644: Irish Confederate Wars: Colonel Rawstorne and the Royalists surrender Lathom House in Lancashire: 12: 02: 1644: Lathom House 2nd (Siege Ends) 1st English Civil War
During the Civil War, and the siege of Basing House between 1643 and 1645, the town played host to large numbers of Parliamentarians. During this time, St. Michael's Church was damaged whilst being used as an explosive store [11] and lead was stripped from the roof of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost, Basingstoke [12] leading to its eventual ruin ...
The First English Civil War took place in England and Wales from 1642 to 1646, and forms part of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. [a] An estimated 15% to 20% of adult males in England and Wales served in the military at some point between 1639 and 1653, while around 4% of the total population died from war-related causes.
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Basing House was a Tudor palace and castle in the village of Old Basing in the English county of Hampshire. [1] It once rivalled Hampton Court Palace in its size and opulence. Today only parts of the basement or lower ground floor, plus the foundations and earthworks, remain.