Nicholas Slanning
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Sir Nicholas Slanning was a soldier and landowner from Devon who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War and was mortally wound
Pendennis Castle; Slanning was Governor 1635 to 1643
Battle of Sourton Down
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The Battle of Sourton Down took place on 25 April 1643, near Sourton, in Devon, during the First English Civil War. A Parliamentarian force under James Chudleigh defeated a Royalist army under Sir Ral
Nicholas Slanning
…his army, while Slanning brought his unit back up to full strength and they resumed the offensive after the truce ended in April. Although repulsed at Sourton Down on 25 April, the Royalists won a resounding victory at Stratton on 16 May, Slanning and Trevanion commanding the left flank of their attack. Having…
Sourton Down; the hedges and landscape helped the Parliamentarian ambush
Sir Ralph Hopton, Royalist commander at Sourton Down