Battle of Winceby
53°12.1′N 0°1.9′W / 53.2017°N 0.0317°W
| Battle of Winceby | |||||||
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| Part of the First English Civil War | |||||||
Parliamentary cavalry at a re-enactment of the Battle of Winceby | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Royalists | Parliamentarians | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Sir William Widdrington Sir John Henderson Sir William Savile |
Earl of Manchester Oliver Cromwell | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| c. 2,500–3,000 horse |
c. 3,000 horse c. 2,000 foot | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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200–300 800 taken prisoner | c. 20 killed | ||||||
Winceby
Hull
King's Lynn
Barton
Lincoln
Bolingbroke Castle
Horncastle
Lincolnshire and Winceby
The Battle of Winceby took place on 11 October 1643 during the First English Civil War near the village of Winceby, Lincolnshire. In the battle, a Royalist relieving force under the command of Sir William Widdrington was defeated by the Parliamentarian cavalry of the Earl of Manchester.