Siege of Carlisle (1644)
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54.89726°N 2.941936°W / 54.89726; -2.941936
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Siege of Carlisle | |||||||
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Part of the First English Civil War | |||||||
Carlisle Castle | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Covenanters Parliamentarians | Royalists | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Earl of Leven |
Sir Thomas Glennam Sir Henry Shadling | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
4,000[1] | 700[2] | ||||||
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Low | Low |
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The siege of Carlisle occurred during the First English Civil War when the allied forces of the Scottish Covenanters and the English Parliamentarians besieged Carlisle Castle which was held at the time by the English Royalist forces loyal to King Charles I. The siege took place in Carlisle, Cumbria from October 1644 to 25 June 1645.