Qualla: Siege of Hereford https://qualla.com/siege-of-hereford 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: Siege of Hereford https://qualla.com/siege-of-hereford Siege of Hereford: Introduction https://qualla.com/siege-of-hereford/ On 31 July 1645, the Earl of Leven's 14,000 Scottish Covenanters arrived outside the walls of Hereford. Inside the walls, Barnabas Scudamore had 1,500 men and one job: hold on long enough for King Charles to come back from Wales. Six weeks earlier the King had lost the Battle of Naseby and his field army with it; Hereford was now one of the last Royalist strongholds in the west. The Scots had just taken Carlisle. They were allies of the English Parliament, fighting under the Solemn League and Covenant. And they were here to finish what Naseby had started.

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/0/siege-of-hereford-wp/gcq0-siege-of-hereford-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Siege of Hereford: The Welsh Marches at the End of the War https://qualla.com/siege-of-hereford/ Hereford and the Welsh Marches had been a Royalist recruiting ground throughout the First English Civil War. After Naseby on 14 June 1645, Charles I retreated to Hereford and then on into South Wales, hoping to rebuild his army from Welsh levies and the Irish Confederates. He lef...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/0/siege-of-hereford-wp/gcq0-siege-of-hereford-the-welsh-marches-at-the-end-of-the-war.mp3 0:06 2 full Siege of Hereford: Around the Wye https://qualla.com/siege-of-hereford/ Leven's men reached Hereford at the end of July. After an initial fight at the bridge over the Wye, Leven offered Scudamore surrender terms. Scudamore refused - he had no permission from the king and still hoped for relief - so the Scots settled in for a siege. They were unusuall...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/0/siege-of-hereford-wp/gcq0-siege-of-hereford-around-the-wye.mp3 0:06 3 full Siege of Hereford: The News from Kilsyth https://qualla.com/siege-of-hereford/ Then the news came that broke the siege. On 15 August 1645, far to the north in Scotland, the Marquis of Montrose - leading a Scottish Royalist army with his allied Irish Brigade - had crushed the Covenanter government's forces at the Battle of Kilsyth. The Scottish Lowland regim...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/0/siege-of-hereford-wp/gcq0-siege-of-hereford-the-news-from-kilsyth.mp3 0:06 4 full Siege of Hereford: Surprise at Night https://qualla.com/siege-of-hereford/ Within two weeks of leaving Hereford, the Covenanters had crushed Montrose at the Battle of Philiphaugh on 13 September. Any chance of Royalist intervention in Scotland was ended. Prince Rupert surrendered Bristol the same week. The Royalist cause had only one direction left, and...

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