Battle of Aylesbury

Battle of Aylesbury
Part of the First English Civil War

Plaque commemorating the battle
Date1 November 1642
Location51°49′47.9″N 00°48′53.0″W / 51.829972°N 0.814722°W / 51.829972; -0.814722
Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Prince Rupert Sir William Balfour
Strength
2,000[1] 1,500[1]
Casualties and losses
500 killed[1] 90 killed[1]
Holman's Bridge is located in Buckinghamshire
Holman's Bridge
Holman's Bridge
Buckinghamshire

The Battle of Aylesbury was an engagement which took place on 1 November 1642, when Royalist forces, under the command of Prince Rupert, fought Aylesbury's Parliamentarian garrison at Holman's Bridge a few miles to the north of Aylesbury. The Parliamentarian forces were victorious, despite being heavily outnumbered.

  1. ^ a b c d Hammond.