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Charles, not one to forget a slight, would in late March 1643 command Prince Rupert to lead an expeditionary force through
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Both parties continued on to their destinations: Rupert joined King
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122:Commanders and leaders
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77:52.4072°N 1.9272°W
1117:Conflicts in 1642
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56:Kings Norton
31:Part of the
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772:Philiphaugh
767:2nd Bristol
722:3rd Taunton
712:2nd Taunton
678:2nd Newbury
668:1st Taunton
663:1st Chester
643:Lostwithiel
563:Boldon Hill
504:Heptonstall
484:1st Newbury
459:1st Bristol
161:20 captured
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16:1642 battle
1096:Categories
1062:References
851:Lagganmore
841:3rd Oxford
831:Torrington
797:Annan Moor
727:2nd Oxford
692:Inverlochy
648:Tippermuir
598:1st Oxford
583:Lyme Regis
469:Gloucester
345:Chichester
330:1st Exeter
270:Portsmouth
65:52°24′26″N
1072:(2008) .
1019:Citations
975:Worcester
965:Aftermath
911:Charles I
875:Royalists
732:Leicester
548:Newcastle
449:Lansdowne
419:Wakefield
389:Lichfield
384:Camp Hill
325:Tadcaster
305:Brentford
300:Aylesbury
68:1°55′38″W
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891:Edgehill
757:Hereford
752:Langport
717:Auldearn
702:Weymouth
673:Carlisle
638:Ormskirk
618:Oswestry
573:Cheriton
543:Nantwich
474:2nd Hull
414:Stratton
295:Edgehill
275:Plymouth
260:1st Hull
146:300 foot
139:Strength
111:Royalist
51:Location
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762:Kilsyth
593:Lincoln
524:Arundel
489:Winceby
399:Reading
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944:Battle
812:Newark
742:Alford
737:Naseby
603:Bolton
558:Newark
93:Result
981:Notes
578:Selby
514:Alton
364:Leeds
1078:ISBN
881:and
869:The
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685:1645
588:York
536:1644
352:1643
254:1642
43:Date
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