The
Second Battle of MiddlewichMiddlewich is a market town in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is east of the city of Chester, east of Winsford, southeast of Northwich and northwest of Sandbach....
took place on the 26 December 1643. In the battle around 200
Parliamentarian"Roundhead" was the nickname given to the supporters of the Parliament during the English Civil War. Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against King Charles I and his supporters, the Cavaliers , who claimed absolute power and the divine right of kings...
s were killed, along with a number of
RoyalistCavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...
s under the command of
Lord ByronJohn Byron, 1st Baron Byron was an English Royalist and supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War.-Life:...
.
According to Ormerod's history of Cheshire:
"December 2nd, 1643. Accordingly this reinforcement [from Chester] came to
HawardenHawarden is a village in Flintshire, North Wales. Hawarden forms part of the Deeside conurbation on the Welsh/English border. At the 2001 Census, the population of Hawarden Ward was 1,858...
the next day, and a brisk attack being made upon the castle the day following, the besieged hung out a white flag, and December 4th, 1643, capitulated; and early next morning the castle was surrendered to sir Michael Ernley, on condition to march out with half arms, and two pairs of colours, one flying, and the other furled, and to be safely convoyed either to
WemWem is a small market town in Shropshire, England. It is the administrative centre for the northern area committee of Shropshire Council, which has its headquarters at Edinburgh House in the centre of Wem. Wem railway station is on the Shrewsbury to Crewe railway line...
or
NantwichNantwich is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The town gives its name to the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich...
.
"After this success the party from ChesterChester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
marched back to that city, without the loss of one man. But the royalistsCavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...
, being further reinforced by some regiments from Ireland, marched into Cheshire, under the command of sir John, lately created lord ByronJohn Byron, 1st Baron Byron was an English Royalist and supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War.-Life:...
, and took Beeston-castleBeeston Castle is a former Royal castle in Beeston, Cheshire, England , perched on a rocky sandstone crag above the Cheshire Plain. It was built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, , on his return from the Crusades...
; for which the parliament governor [Captain Thomas Steele] there was soon after executed for cowardice.
"Next they engaged sir William BreretonSir William Brereton, 1st Baronet was an English writer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1659. He was a commander in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....
and colonel Ashton at MiddlewichMiddlewich is a market town in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is east of the city of Chester, east of Winsford, southeast of Northwich and northwest of Sandbach....
, and cut off near two hundred of their men, which occasioned NorthwichNorthwich is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane...
to be quitted to them, and likewise Crew-house [perhaps modern-day Crewe], after a stout resistance, was forced to surrender; as also Doddington-Places:*Doddington, Cambridgeshire*Doddington, Cheshire*Doddington, Kent*Doddington, Lincolnshire*Doddington, Norfolk*Doddington, Northumberland*Doddington, Shropshire...
house and Acton-churchActon is a small village and civil parish lying immediately west of the town of Nantwich in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of...
, without much opposition."
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