Second Battle of Middlewich
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The Second Battle of Middlewich took place on 26 December 1643 near Middlewich in Cheshire during the First English Civil War. A Royalist force under Lord Byron defeated a Parliamentarian army command
Royalist commander Lord Byron
Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, was an English religious Independent, author, and landowner from Cheshire. He was Member of Parliament for Cheshire at various times between 1628 and 1653, and durin
Second Battle of Middlewich
…1643 near Middlewich in Cheshire during the First English Civil War. A Royalist force under Lord Byron defeated a Parliamentarian army commanded by Sir William Brereton. After their victory at the First Battle of Middlewich on 13 March 1643, Parliamentarian forces under Sir William Brereton occupied much of Cheshire…
Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet
The family home, Handforth Hall, Cheshire
Modern example of a duck decoy, similar to those installed by Brereton
State apartments of Croydon Palace, now part of a private school