Siege of Chichester

Siege of Chichester
Part of the First English Civil War
Chichester in 1610 – 32 years before the siege
Date 22–27 December 1642 Location Chichester, England 50°50′11″N 0°46′45″W / 50.8365°N 0.7792°W / 50.8365; -0.7792 Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
John Morley   Edward Ford	William Waller Michael Livesey
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Low	Low
Chichester class=notpageimage| The location of Chichester within West Sussex

The siege of Chichester was a victory by Parliamentarian forces led by Colonel William Waller over a small Royalist garrison. The siege was one of the key events in the First English Civil War by Waller to secure southern England and declare it for Parliament. The siege lasted five days and ended with surrender by the Royalists. Despite the Royalist surrender, Waller's troops proceeded to sack and desecrate Chichester Cathedral.