Siege of Lincoln

Part of the First English Civil War

Date	3 - 6 May 1644
Location	Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Result	Parliamentarian victory

Belligerents

Parliamentarians

Royalists

Commanders and leaders

Edward Montagu

Sir Francis Fane

Charles Dallison

Strength

6,000 foot and horse

2,000 foot

Casualties and losses

8 killed
40 wounded

50 killed
750-900 captured

Sir Francis Fane

During the First English Civil War Lincoln was besieged between 3 May and 6 May 1644 by Parliamentarian forces of the Eastern Association of counties under the command of the Earl of Manchester. On the first day, the Parliamentarians took the lower town. The Royalist defenders retreated into the stronger fortifications of the upper town, which encompassed and incorporated Lincoln Castle and Lincoln Cathedral. The siege ended four days later when the Parliamentarian soldiers stormed the castle, taking prisoner the Royalist governor, Sir Francis Fane, and what remained of his garrison.

Early in 1644, Parliamentarian forces besieged the Royalist stronghold of Newark-on-Trent. The commander of the besiegers, Lord Willoughby, also had command of the Parliamentarian forces in Lincolnshire and had ordered the all of the garrison of Lincoln to come to his aid.

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