Battle of Wigan Lane

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The Battle of Wigan Lane was fought on August 25, 1651 during the Third English Civil War, between Royalists under the command of the Earl of Derby and elements of the New Model Army under the command of Colonel Robert Lilburne. The Royalists were defeated, losing nearly half their officers and men.

The Earl of Derby had enlisted ten men from each parish in the Isle of Man; 170 in total. Earl James Stanley, at the time, was the Lord of Mann.

David Craine, in his book 'Manannan's Isle' (a history of the Isle of Man) states "those who did not fall in the fighting [were] hunted to their death through the countryside." (Page 219)

[edit] External links

• Report of Wigan Lane by Robert Lilburne
• The monument on Wigan Lane, erected in memory of Sir Thomas Tyldesley who was killed at the Battle of Wigan Lane
• Sir Thomas Tyldesley's Regiment of Foote

[edit] References

Craine, D., 'Manannan's Isle', The Manx Museum and National Trust, 1995.