Battle of Hopton Heath
52°50′06″N 2°04′01″W / 52.835°N 2.067°W
| Battle of Hopton Heath | |||||||
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| Part of the First English Civil War | |||||||
The Battle of Hopton Heath By J. T. Willmore after George Cattermole | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Royalists | Parliamentarians | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Earl of Northampton † Henry Hastings Sir Thomas Byron |
Sir John Gell Sir Willam Brereton | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,200 | 1,400 | ||||||
Hopton Heath
Lichfield
Stafford
Tamworth
Staffordshire and Hopton Heath
The Battle of Hopton Heath was a part of the First English Civil War, fought on Sunday 19 March 1643 between Parliamentarian forces led by Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet of Hopton and Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet and the Royalist forces under Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton.