Battle of Stow on the Wold - 1646

Battle of Stow on the Wold - 1646

Parliamentarians: Sir William Brereton, Colonel Thomas Morgan

Royalists: Sir Jacob Astley

Result: Parliamentarian victory

Location: near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire

The Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold took place during the English Civil War. In the spring of 1646, King Charles I of England was getting ever more desperate to hold the Royalist cause together whilst waiting for the long promised relief forces from Ireland, Scotland and France. Sir Jacob Astley took command of the Royalist forces in the west and began to gather up the remnants from the handful of Royalist garrisons still left in the west. At this point in the war, Royalist morale was low. However, Astley, a stalwart of the Royalist commanders and an experienced soldier, was able to cobble together a force of 3,000.