Battle of Kings Norton

Battle of Kings Norton
Part of the First English Civil War
Date 17 October 1642 Location Kings Norton 52°24′26″N 1°55′38″W / 52.4072°N 1.9272°W / 52.4072; -1.9272 Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalist	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Prince Rupert[1]	Lord Willoughby[1]
Strength
9 troops of horse 300 foot[1]	800 horse and foot[1]
Casualties and losses
50–80 killed 20 captured[1]	17–20 killed[1]
Kings Norton class=notpageimage| Location within West Midlands county

The Battle of Kings Norton was fought on 17 October 1642. The skirmish developed out of a chance encounter between Royalists under the command of Prince Rupert and Parliamentarians under the command of Lord Willoughby. Both forces had been on their way to join their respective armies which were later to meet at Edgehill in the first pitched battle of the First English Civil War. The Parliamentarians won the encounter and both forces proceeded to join their respective armies.^[1]