2 May 1644
Battle of Faringdon
Defeats Cromwell but is kept in check by him
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Faringdon in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Defeats Cromwell but is kept in check by him
Defeated in battle by the Earl of Norwich, George Goring
Royalist forces under Goring damage part of Cromwell's regiment near Faringdon after his Oxfordshire raid.
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