This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Relief for Taunton Amid Royalist Advances
The Commons vote to vacate the Fairfax relief ordinance and order 3000 foot and 1000 horse to Taunton. Fairfax and Skippon to link with Cromwell Browne and reinforce the town while Cambridge and Eastern Association defenses tighten. Scottish advance aims toward Nottingham as Meldrum’s siege of Scarborough yields ground. Brereton reports coalfers blocked and Welsh contributions rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tisbury
Taunton
Thomas Fairfax
Prince Rupert
Goring
Voog
Burford
Oxford
Maurice
Commons
Colowell Graves
Foote
Skippon
Joyne
Leiutenant
Cromwell
Browne
Cambridgeshire
Eastren
Nottingham
John
William Brereton
Wiliam
Chester
Harding Castle