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Battle of Braddock Down - 1643
Royalists: Sir Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton
Parliamentarians: Colonel William Ruthven
Result: Royalist victory
Location: Braddock Down
The Battle of Braddock Down was a battle of the south-western campaign of the First English Civil War. It was fought on open ground in Cornwall, on 19 January 1643. An apparently easy victory for the Royalists under Sir Ralph Hopton secured Cornwall for King Charles and confirmed Hopton's reputation.
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