Qualla: Battle of Tipton Green https://qualla.com/battle-of-tipton-green en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:15 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Tipton Green https://qualla.com/battle-of-tipton-green Battle of Tipton Green: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-tipton-green/ "I had rather lose ten lives than one piece of my artillery." The man who said that was Basil Feilding, second Earl of Denbigh, and he meant it. On the night of 11 June 1644 his Parliamentary army was lifting its siege of Dudley Castle and pulling back toward Walsall. He had a Royalist relief force coming at him from Worcester, and the sensible thing was to abandon the heavy guns and ride. Instead he hauled them, one by one, off their emplacements and onto the road. By the time the last cannon was rigged for travel, dawn was up and Viscount Wilmot's cavalry was on him. The Battle of Tipton Green happened because Denbigh refused to let the guns go.

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/d/battle-of-tipton-green-wp/gcqd-battle-of-tipton-green-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Tipton Green: The Siege https://qualla.com/battle-of-tipton-green/ By June 1644 the First English Civil War had been running for 22 months -- since King Charles I had raised his banner in Nottingham and declared the Earl of Essex and Parliament traitors. The country was a patchwork of garrisons and contested counties. Dudley Castle, on its limes...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/d/battle-of-tipton-green-wp/gcqd-battle-of-tipton-green-the-siege.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Tipton Green: The Night Withdrawal https://qualla.com/battle-of-tipton-green/ Denbigh learned of Wilmot's approach and detached a small force to delay him. After an inconclusive skirmish Wilmot pulled back and made camp for the night. Denbigh used the breathing space to abandon the siege under cover of darkness. The infantry could march; the cavalry could ...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/d/battle-of-tipton-green-wp/gcqd-battle-of-tipton-green-the-night-withdrawal.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Tipton Green: Tipton Green https://qualla.com/battle-of-tipton-green/ Denbigh was still within a mile of Dudley Castle when he turned his force around and arrayed it on Tipton Green to face the oncoming Royalists. Wilmot, reinforced by musketeers from the castle garrison, advanced. Royalist musketeers occupied Tipton Green House, a substantial buil...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/d/battle-of-tipton-green-wp/gcqd-battle-of-tipton-green-tipton-green.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Tipton Green: Both Sides Claim Victory https://qualla.com/battle-of-tipton-green/ Wilmot withdrew toward Worcester to rejoin the king. Denbigh continued his slow march to Walsall, his cannons still rolling. Both commanders wrote dispatches claiming the day. The Royalists had the better case: they had relieved the castle and lifted the siege, which was the stra...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/d/battle-of-tipton-green-wp/gcqd-battle-of-tipton-green-both-sides-claim-victory.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Tipton Green: Malthouse Stables https://qualla.com/battle-of-tipton-green/ The Black Country grew over the battlefield as it grew over almost every Civil War site in the Midlands. Coal pits, iron forges, then terraced housing, then twentieth-century industrial estates. A plaque on Malthouse Stables -- a building that sits on part of the ground where the...

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