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Battle of Maidstone
The Battle of Maidstone (1 June 1648) was fought in the Second English Civil War and was a victory for the attacking parliamentarian troops over the defending Royalist forces.
== Background ==
In May 1648, a significant part of the Royalist uprising gathered in Kent and Essex. The Kentish Royalists assembled outside Maidstone at Penenden Heath with over 10,000 men raised for the Earl of Norwich.〔Royle, Trevor (2004)''Civil War - The Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1660'' ISBN 0-316-86125-1〕 The force then dispersed to hold various towns for the King including Gravesend, Rochester, Dover and Maidstone. Together with the rebellion in South Wales, this gathering constituted one of the main uprisings that marked the Second Civil War. The New Model Army had already been split in two and the larger part sent under Cromwell to deal with the rebellion in South Wales, leaving Sir Thomas Fairfax with a force of only 6000 men. Fairfax marched on Maidstone with 4000 veteran parliamentary troops to recapture it from the defending 2000 strong Royalist force within the town.〔Cannon, John (2004) ''The Oxford Dictionary of British History'' ISBN 0-19-860885-3〕 Most of the Royalists were not soldiers, being described as 'cavaliers, citizens, seamen and watermen'.〔Kenyon, John (1988)''The Civil Wars of England'' ISBN 0-297-79659-3〕
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