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Siege of Exeter

Siege of Exeter was a siege conducted in 1642 at Exeter, in what is now United Kingdom; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Exeter. The recorded result: Parliamentary victory.

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Fought1642ran into the following year
WhereExeter, United Kingdom50.726N, 3.527W, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeParliamentary victory
BelligerentsRoyalistsagainstParliamentarians
Casualties and lossesMinimalandMinimal

Record

Date1642 (year precision)
to 1643
PlaceExeter, United Kingdom
50.726N, 3.527W
KindSiege, early modern
Strength3,000
Casualties and lossesMinimalMinimal
Commanders
  • Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford
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Placed at Exeter; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Elsewhere in 1642

Siege of Exeter is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 753 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q96405654, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Exeter (1642), revision 1370741090, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.