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In Lancashire, before the start of the Civil War, there was social and economic tension between towns which generally supported Parliament, and the landowning gentry and aristocracy who controlled the rural areas and mostly supported the king as Royalists. There was a religious divide with some towns supporting dissenting Nonconformist movements. Bolton was known as the "Geneva of the North", a reference to the city in Switzerland which was a centre of Calvinism.

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  • Bolton Massacre
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  • In Lancashire, before the start of the Civil War, there was social and economic tension between towns which generally supported Parliament, and the landowning gentry and aristocracy who controlled the rural areas and mostly supported the king as Royalists. There was a religious divide with some towns supporting dissenting Nonconformist movements. Bolton was known as the "Geneva of the North", a reference to the city in Switzerland which was a centre of Calvinism.
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Strength
  • 2000(xsd:integer)
  • 6000(xsd:integer)
  • ca. 4,000
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Date
  • 1644-05-28(xsd:date)
Commander
Casualties
  • unknown
  • --05-28
Result
  • Royalist victory
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Place
  • Bolton, Lancashire
Conflict
  • Storming of Bolton
abstract
  • In Lancashire, before the start of the Civil War, there was social and economic tension between towns which generally supported Parliament, and the landowning gentry and aristocracy who controlled the rural areas and mostly supported the king as Royalists. There was a religious divide with some towns supporting dissenting Nonconformist movements. Bolton was known as the "Geneva of the North", a reference to the city in Switzerland which was a centre of Calvinism. The major Royalist figure in Lancashire was James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. He was slow to take measures to secure the county at the start of the civil war in 1642, and after setbacks the following year, including two failed attempts to capture Bolton, he temporarily abandoned the contest in Lancashire to secure the other area in which he held major interests, the Isle of Man. The only threat to Parliamentarian control of Lancashire came from Cheshire, where a Royalist army under John Byron, 1st Baron Byron was formed in late 1643. On 26 January 1644, Byron was defeated at the Battle of Nantwich by Parliamentarians under Sir William Brereton and Sir Thomas Fairfax, leaving the Parliamentarians in control of the area. Sir Thomas Fairfax's army and some Lancashire Parliamentarians under Colonel Alexander Rigby began the Siege of Lathom House, seat of the Earl of Derby, which was defended by his wife, the Countess of Derby. However, Fairfax crossed the Pennines in late March to rejoin his father, Lord Fairfax, in Yorkshire.
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