Battle of Hopton Heath
Joins forces with General Hastings prior to the Battle of Hopton Heath
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Fighting in Staffordshire during the widening Civil War.
9 matching records from the 1,134-record archive. Year range: 1643–1643. The records below retain the original source descriptions and dates.
Joins forces with General Hastings prior to the Battle of Hopton Heath
Joins forces with the Earl of Northampton prior to the Battle of Hopton Heath
Defeated by a Royalist force under the Earl of Northampton & General Henry Hastings
Forced to retreat to Stone then back to Cheshire
Leads a charge against the Roundheads after Northampton is killed
Defeats the Roundheads under John Gell & William Brereton but killed in battle. Accompanied by three of his sons, marches out with his troops Compton engages Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet and Sir William Brereton at Hopton Heath
Forced to retreat to Chartley & then to Uttoxeter
Defeated by a Royalist force under the Earl of Northampton & General Henry Hastings
Helps defeat the Roundheads under John Gell & William Brereton