Siege of Lathom House

Siege of Lathom House
Part of the First English Civil War
Illustration of Lathom House, prior to the siege
Date First siege 27 February – 27 May 1644 Second siege July – 2 December 1645 Location Lathom, Lancashire 53°34′34″N 2°49′01″W / 53.576°N 2.817°W / 53.576; -2.817 Result 1st Siege: Royalist victory 2nd Siege: Parliamentary victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
1st: Countess of Derby 2nd: Edward Rawstorne	1st: Sir Thomas Fairfax 2nd: Peter Egerton
Strength
1st: 300	1st: 2,000 2nd: 4,000
Casualties and losses
1st: Less than 10	1st: 400–500

Lathom House

Lancaster

Preston

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Lancashire and Lathom House

The siege of Lathom House was a military confrontation between a Parliamentarian army and a Royalist stronghold in Lathom near Ormskirk in Lancashire, during the First English Civil War. The first siege lasted from late February to late May 1644, when the siege was lifted. The second siege took place a year later from July to December 1645. Lathom House was captured and slighted.