Permanent historical factsheet

Occupation of Worcester

England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1642–1651Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1642

Robert Devereux Essex, 3rd24 September 1642

Worcester · Warfare / Civil War

Essex's Parliamentarian army occupies Worcester the day after the action at Powick Bridge.

Robert Devereux Essex, 3rd24 September 1642

Worcester · Warfare / Civil War

Essex occupies Worcester after the Royalist cavalry withdraws from the area.

1651

Charles II22 August 1651

Worcester · Warfare / Civil War

Charles II occupies Worcester with fewer than sixteen thousand troops after his expected English support fails to materialize.

Names involved

Charles IIRobert Devereux Essex, 3rd

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.