Monument to John Hampden on the battlefield, erected in 1843
Date
18 June 1643
Location
Chalgrove, Oxfordshire
Result
Royalist victory
Belligerents
Royalists
Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Prince Rupert
Lord Wentworth
William Legge
Sir Henry Lunsford [1]
Sir Philip Stapleton
John Hampden †
John Gunter †
Colonel Dalbier
Strength
1,150 cavalry; 350 dragoons 500 infantry[2]
900 cavalry (200 engaged); 100 dragoons
Casualties and losses
20-45 (estimate)
max 50, unknown prisoners
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t
e
First English Civil War
1642
1st Hull
Marshall's Elm
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Babylon Hill
Powick Bridge
Kings Norton
Edgehill
Aylesbury
Brentford
Turnham Green
Farnham Castle
Piercebridge
Tadcaster
1st Exeter
Muster Green
1st Bradford
Chichester
1643
Braddock Down
Leeds
1st Middlewich
Hopton Heath
Seacroft Moor
Camp Hill
Lichfield
Ripple Field
Reading
Sourton Down
1st Wardour Castle
Stratton
Wakefield
1st Worcester
Chalgrove Field
Adwalton Moor
2nd Bradford
Burton Bridge
Lansdowne
Roundway Down
1st Bristol
Gainsborough
Gloucester
2nd Hull
Aldbourne Chase
1st Newbury
Winceby
Olney Bridge
1st Basing House
Heptonstall
2nd Wardour Castle
Alton
Bramber Bridge
Arundel
2nd Middlewich
1644
Nantwich
Newcastle
1st Lathom House
Newark
Boldon Hill
Stourbridge Heath
Cheriton
Selby
Lyme Regis
York
Lincoln
1st Oxford
Bolton
2nd Basing House
Tipton Green
Oswestry
Cropredy Bridge
Marston Moor
Gunnislake New Bridge
Ormskirk
Lostwithiel
Tippermuir
1st Aberdeen
Montgomery Castle
1st Chester
1st Taunton
Carlisle
2nd Newbury
1645
Inverlochy
High Ercall Hall
Weymouth
Scarborough Castle
2nd Taunton
Auldearn
3rd Taunton
2nd Oxford
Leicester
Naseby
Alford
2nd Lathom House
Langport
Hereford
Kilsyth
2nd Bristol
Philiphaugh
2nd Chester
Rowton Heath
Sherburn in Elmet
3rd Basing House
Annan Moor
Denbigh Green
Shelford House
Newark
1646
Bovey Heath
Torrington
Stow-on-the-Wold
3rd Oxford
2nd Aberdeen
Lagganmore
2nd Worcester
The Battle of Chalgrove Field took place on 18 June 1643, during the First English Civil War, near Chalgrove, Oxfordshire. It is now best remembered for the death of John Hampden, who was wounded in the shoulder during the battle and died six days later.
Hoping to capture a Parliamentarian convoy containing £21,000 in cash, during the night of 17 to 18 June Royalist cavalry from Oxford led by Prince Rupert raided positions around Chinnor. Although they failed to intercept the convoy, they seized supplies and prisoners and headed home pursued by cavalry under Hampden and Major John Gunter. Prince Rupert halted at Chalgrove and counterattacked, scattering his opponents before their main force arrived under Sir Philip Stapleton.
The ease with which the Royalists conducted their raid, along with the failure to capitalise on the capture of Reading in April caused serious criticism of the Earl of Essex, Parliamentarian commander. On the other hand, Royalist morale was significantly boosted and Chalgrove marked the start of a series of victories over the next six months.
^Stevenson & Carter 1973, p. 348.
^Battle of Chalgrove 2020.
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