A Battle that took place in 1643 during the First English Civil War
This article is about the storming of 1643. For other sieges and captures of Bristol, see Siege of Bristol.
Storming of Bristol
Part of the First English Civil War
Map of Bristol's fortifications in 1644
Date
23 to 26 July 1643
Location
Bristol
Result
Royalist victory
Belligerents
Royalists
Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Prince Rupert Prince Maurice
Nathaniel Fiennes
Strength
4,500 horse 6,000 foot 20 guns
300 horse 1,500 foot 100 guns
Casualties and losses
500 to 600 killed
Unknown
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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 Storming of Bristol took place from 23 to 26 July 1643, during the First English Civil War. The Royalist army under Prince Rupert captured the important port of Bristol from its weakened Parliamentarian garrison. The city remained under Royalist control until the second siege of Bristol in September 1645.
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