Battle of Wigan Lane

Battle of Wigan Lane

The Battle of Wigan Lane was fought on August 25 1651 during the Third English Civil War, between Royalists under the command of the Earl of Derby and elements of the New Model Army under the command of Colonel Robert Lilburne. The Royalists were defeated, losing nearly half their officers and men.

The Earl of Derby had enlisted ten men from each parish in the Isle of Man; 170 in total. Earl James Stanley, at the time, was the Lord of Mann.

David Craine, in his book "Manannan's Isle" states "those who did not fall in the fighting [were] hunted to their death through the countryside." [cite book |title=Manannan's Isle |last=Craine |first=D. |publisher=The Manx Museum and National Trust |year=1995 |id=ISBN 978-0901106100]

Notes

References

* [http://www.wiganarchsoc.co.uk/content/History/LinkCivil.html Report of Wigan Lane by Robert Lilburne]
* [http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/hs1864/p186.htm Defeat of Charles and Capture of James, Earl of Derby]

Further reading

* Terry Wyke (2004) Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester, Liverpool University Press, ISBN 0853235678. [http://books.google.com/books?id=_h5hIINSn3cC&pg=PA425&lpg=PA425&source=web&ots=FfFIgSlaLO&sig=-wjTkFUUkbyTBGX8rLSZD-DE4sE Page 425] "Wigan Lane Tyldesley Monumnet"
* [http://www.tyldesley.co.uk/ Sir Thomas Tyldesley 1612-1651]
* [http://www.rhbnc.ac.uk/tyldesleys/tyldesleys/original.htm Sir Thomas Tyldesley's Regiment of Foote]


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