Battle of Denbigh Green

Battle of Denbigh Green
Part of the First English Civil War
St Marcella's Church, also known as Whitchurch or Yr Eglwys Wen, which stood on Denbigh Green
Date 1 November 1645 Location Denbigh Green, Denbigh, Wales 53°11′06″N 3°23′27″W / 53.1849°N 3.3909°W / 53.1849; -3.3909 Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
William Vaughan	Thomas Mytton Michael Jones
Strength
280[1]–400[2] foot 700[1]–1,100[2] horse	1,000–1,500 foot 1,500 horse
Casualties and losses
100 killed 400 captured	Unknown

The Battle of Denbigh Green (1 November 1645) took place during the closing stages of the First English Civil War. Fought just outside the Royalist garrison of Denbigh, it has been described as probably the only action in the North Wales theatre of the war "meriting the description of battle".^[3]

In a last-ditch attempt to relieve the strategic port of Chester, Royalist cavalry commander Sir William Vaughan ordered the mustering of around 2,000 men, drawn from garrisons across Shropshire and north-east Wales, at Denbigh Green. Before gathering all his forces he was attacked by a larger Parliamentarian force under Thomas Mytton and Michael Jones; after a hard-fought action, the Royalists were routed and dispersed.