Relief of Montgomery Castle
The Battle of Montgomery took place during the First English Civil War of 1642–1646. On 17 September 1644, a Parliamentarian force commanded by Sir John Meldrum advanced to engage a Royalist army led by Lord Byron which was besieging Montgomery Castle in mid Wales. The battle was fought the next day. After the Royalists gained an initial advantage, the Parliamentarians counter-attacked and destroyed Byron's army.
View north from Montgomery Castle, towards the battlefield (in the level ground)
Lord John Byron
Montgomery Castle. Although "slighted" in 1648, its strength is apparent
Thomas Myddelton (younger)
Sir Thomas Myddelton (1586–1666) of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, was an English-born Welsh landowner, politician, and military officer. He became a Member of Parliament in 1624; during the First English Civil War he was a prominent Parliamentarian general, despite having no previous military experience.
Sir Thomas Myddelton, copy of a portrait of c.1650
Chirk Castle, purchased by Myddelton's father in 1595
Man identified as Sir Thomas Myddelton, after Civil War-era print by Thomas Hinde (1635-52). Myddelton served as an active field commander in the war, despite being 57 years old at its outbreak
Welsh Royalist John Owen of Clenennau; Owen was alleged to have served under Myddelton in Booth's Uprising of 1659, despite the two men being opponents in the previous conflicts
