Relief of Montgomery Castle
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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
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 Mytton
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Major General Thomas Mytton, also spelt Mitton,, was a lawyer from Oswestry who served in the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and as MP for Shropshire in the First Protector
Relief of Montgomery Castle
…Royalist commanders skirmished in the Welsh Marches with Parliamentarian forces based in the Midlands and commanded by Sir Thomas Myddelton and Colonel Thomas Mytton among others. Late in 1643, King Charles attempted to create a field army in North Wales and Cheshire under Lord Byron, using English regiments returned…
Thomas Mytton, 1796 engraving of original portrait
Beaumaris Castle; captured by Mytton in June 1646 and October 1648