Military Encounters during the Civil Wars
Civil War Petitions contains the details of hundreds of military events in which soldiers were wounded or killed. These range from the famous clashes at Marston Moor and Naseby to those that remain unmentioned in printed Civil War histories, such as the skirmish at Snaygill near Skipton.
Use the map to browse petitions that mention military events by location. You can use the facets to filter these events by battles, sieges, assaults and other encounters.
'Meamed and Lamed': Approaching Civil War Petitions through the Lens of Disability History
‘Lost and impoverished for ever’: The effect of the Civil Wars on Local Communities as seen through Civil War Petitions
Civilian Suffering in the Civil War: the case of Tysoe in Warwickshire
'Battle-Scarred': The Civil War Petitions Summer School
The Persistent Petitioner: Mary Burden, Oliver Cromwell and the Wiltshire Justices of the Peace
‘The hungry jaws of want’ – Basing House and the Maw of War
'The endeavours of your servants': Oliver Cromwell, Military Welfare and Civil War Petitions
A Vengeful Vicar and a Martyred Mother: The Petition of James Bamlett
Aristocratic Widowhood and Bereavement: The Household Accounts of Katherine, Lady Brooke
