Sieges of Taunton

1644 series of three blockades during the First English Civil War

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1644 — 1645

event, siege, Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet, Robert Blake, First English Civil War, Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton, John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, Edmund Wyndham, George Goring, Lord Goring, Ralph Weldon, James Holborne of Menstrie, Kingdom of England Q179876

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  Battle of Peonnum 660
  
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  Battle of Cynwit 878
  
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  Siege of Lyme Regis 1644
  
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  Sieges of Taunton 1644
  
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  Battle of Langport 1645
  
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  Siege of Bridgwater 1645
  
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  Siege of Tiverton 1645
  
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  Battle of Sedgemoor 1685
  

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0660-01-01T00:00:00Z

Battle of Peonnum

0878-01-01T00:00:00Z

Battle of Cynwit

1644-04-20T00:00:00Z

Siege of Lyme Regis

1644-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sieges of Taunton

1645-07-10T00:00:00Z

Battle of Langport

1645-07-13T00:00:00Z

Siege of Bridgwater

1645-10-01T00:00:00Z

Siege of Tiverton

1685-07-06T00:00:00Z

Battle of Sedgemoor

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conflict	878	Battle of Cynwit	battle		Wikidata
conflict	1644	Siege of Lyme Regis	siege		Wikidata
conflict	1644	Sieges of Taunton	siege		Wikidata
conflict	1645	Battle of Langport	battle		Wikidata
conflict	1645	Siege of Bridgwater	siege		Wikidata
conflict	1645	Siege of Tiverton	siege		Wikidata
conflict	1685	Battle of Sedgemoor	battle		Wikidata
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image		Scottish Post Medieval coin, Half thistle-merk of James I (coin 18) (FindID 643649)			Wikimedia
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image		Scottish Post Medieval coin, Sword and sceptre piece of James I (coin 17) (FindID 643649)			Wikimedia
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