Siege of Lincoln

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Siege of Lincoln
Part of the First English Civil War
Royalist garrison commander, Sir Francis Fane
Date 3 – 6 May 1644 Location Lincoln, Lincolnshire Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Sir Francis Fane  Charles Dallison	Earl of Manchester Oliver Cromwell
Strength
2,000 foot	6,000 foot and horse
Casualties and losses
50 killed 750–900 captured	8 killed 40 wounded

The siege of Lincoln took place from 3 to 6 May 1644 during the First English Civil War, when the important town of Lincoln was besieged by Parliamentarian forces under 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.