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Battles of the First English Civil War

Can you name the major battles, as well as the major sieges, of the First English Civil War from 1642-1646?
Not including battles from the concurrent wars in Scotland and Ireland
'Major' is defined as either side having a strength of 5000+, or where the battle was strategically important
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1642
Battle
Royal. Com
Parl. Com
Result
Edgehill
King Charles I
Earl of Essex
Inconclusive
Turnham Green
King Charles I
Earl of Essex
Strat. Parl
 
 
 
 
1643
Battle
Royal. Com
Parl. Com
Result
Braddock Down
Sir Ralph Hopton
William Ruthven
Royalists
Stratton
Sir Ralph Hopton
Earl of Stamford
Royalists
Adwalton Moor
Earl of Newcastle
Lord Fairfax
Royalists
Landsdowne
Lord Hopton
Sir William Waller
Royalists
Roundway Down
Lord Wilmot
Sir William Waller
Royalists
1st Newbury
King Charles I
Earl of Essex
Parliament
Winceby
Sir William Widdrington
Earl of Manchester
Parliament
 
 
 
 
1644
Battle
Royal. Com
Parl. Com
Result
Nantwich
Lord Byron
Sir Thomas Fairfax
Parliament
Newark
Prince Rupert
Sir John Meldrum
Royalists
Cheriton
Lord Hopton
Sir William Waller
Parliament
Cropredy Bridge
King Charles I
Sir William Waller
Parliament
Marston Moor
Prince Rupert
Earl of Leven
Parliament
Lostwithiel
King Charles I
Earl of Essex
Royalists
2nd Newbury
King Charles I
Earl of Manchester
Indecisive
1645
Battle
Royal. Com
Parl. Com
Result
Naseby
King Charles I
Sir Thomas Fairfax
Parliament
Langport
Lord Goring
Sir Thomas Fairfax
Parliament
 
 
 
 
1646
Battle
Royal. Com
Parl. Com
Result
Torrington
Lord Hopton
Sir Thomas Fairfax
Parliament
Stow-on-the-Wold
Sir Jacob Astley
Sir William Brereton
Parliament
 
 
 
 
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Basing House
Bristol
Exeter
Gloucester
Hull
Newcastle
Oxford
Reading
Taunton
Worcester
York
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