18 March 1643
Battle of Hopton Heath
Joins forces with General Hastings prior to the Battle of Hopton Heath
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Hopton Heath in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Joins forces with General Hastings prior to the Battle of Hopton Heath
Helps defeat the Roundheads under John Gell & William Brereton
Defeated by a Royalist force under the Earl of Northampton & General Henry Hastings
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
Leads a charge against the Roundheads after Northampton is killed
Defeated by a Royalist force under the Earl of Northampton & General Henry Hastings
Death of Spencer Compton, killed at the Battle of Hopton Heath
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