The Battle of Edgehill, 23 October 1642

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Battle between the two armies was inevitable, but the time and place a matter of chance. From the bare Edgehill a plain ran down towards Kineton township, giving the royalist commanders overall view of the field, but obstructed by enclosures near Kineton itself. The Prince Rupert moved to join the royalist right wing of cavalry, whilst Henry Wilmot commanded the left. The earl of Essex launched a severe assault on the brigade of Sir Nicholas Byron, and in this fighting the earl of Lindsey was killed, his son standing guard over the body until he fell into parliamentary hands. The royal standard was cut from the hands of its bearer, Sir Edmund Verney, and carried away. A royalist charge under Sir Charles Lucas became caught up in the pursuit of fugitives, and came to nothing. Captain John Smith, separated from Lucas’s formation, ran into a party of parliamentarian soldiers carrying the royal standard away, attacked single-handed and recaptured the flag.

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