Siege of Worcester

Siege of Worcester
Part of the First English Civil War
Worcester Cathedral from Fort Royal Hill.
Date 21 May 1646 – 23 July 1646 Location Worcester 52°11′20″N 2°13′15″W / 52.18889°N 2.22083°W / 52.18889; -2.22083 Result Parliamentary victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Henry Washington Governor of Worcester	Edward Whalley (21 May – 8 July) Thomas Rainsborough (8 July – 23 July)
Strength
On 29 May 1,507 strong, excluding gentlemen volunteers and the city bands.[1]	On 29 May the Royalists thought the besieging force was about 5,000 strong,[1] but they may have been as few as 2,500[2]
Worcester class=notpageimage| Shown within Worcestershire

The second and longest siege of Worcester (21 May – 23 July 1646) took place towards the end of the First English Civil War, when Parliamentary forces under the command of Thomas Rainsborough besieged the city of Worcester, accepting the capitulation of the Royalist defenders on 22 July. The next day the Royalists formally surrendered possession of the city and the Parliamentarians entered Worcester 63 days after the siege began.^[3][4]