Battle of Weymouth

1645 CE.

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The Battle of Weymouth and the associated Crabchurch Conspiracy occurred in 1645, during the First English Civil War, when several royalist plotters within the twin towns of Weymouth and Melcombe on the Dorset coast conspired to deliver the ports back into the control of King Charles I.

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Weymouth, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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