SEDGEMOOR BATTLE and MONMOUTH REBELLION CAMPAIGN Information from The UK Battlefields Resource Centre Provided by The Battlefields Trust http://battlefieldstrust.com/ Report compiled by: Glenn Foard: 28/07/2003 Site visit: 15/04/2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE CAMPAIGN .............................................................................................................. 4 Summary......................................................................................................................... 4 Background..................................................................................................................... 4 Campaign ........................................................................................................................ 5 Consequences.................................................................................................................. 7 Further reading................................................................................................................ 7 THE BATTLE .................................................................................................................... 8 Summary......................................................................................................................... 8 The Armies...................................................................................................................... 9 Royal........................................................................................................................... 9 Commanders ........................................................................................................... 9 Troops ..................................................................................................................... 9 Rebel ......................................................................................................................... 10 Commanders ......................................................................................................... 10 Troops ................................................................................................................... 10 Arms & Equipment................................................................................................... 10 Losses........................................................................................................................ 10 The Story of the Battle...................................................................................................... 10 Deployment............................................................................................................... 11 The Rebel Attack ...................................................................................................... 13 Counter attack and rout............................................................................................. 14 The Aftermath........................................................................................................... 15 Assessment of the Battle........................................................................................... 16 Further Reading ............................................................................................................ 18 Secondary works....................................................................................................... 18 Contemporary Accounts ........................................................................................... 20 Plans...................................................................................................................... 20 Written Accounts .................................................................................................. 21 Official Account.................................................................................................... 22 Paschall’s account................................................................................................. 25 Sedgemoor (Somerset, 1685) 1 Copyright © The Battlefields Trust 2003 Wade’s Account:................................................................................................... 28 James II’s account................................................................................................. 29 THE BATTLEFIELD ....................................................................................................... 33 Location .................................................................................................................... 33 Historic Terrain......................................................................................................... 33 Physical Geography .............................................................................................. 33 Settlements & townships....................................................................................... 34 Land Use ............................................................................................................... 34 Communications ................................................................................................... 34 Archaeology of the Battle ......................................................................................... 35 Research information................................................................................................ 35 Historic administrative areas................................................................................. 35 Sites and Monuments Record ............................................................................... 36 Portable Antiquities Officer.................................................................................. 36 Record Offices ...................................................................................................... 36 Local Studies Collections ..................................................................................... 36 Further reading.............................................................................................................. 40 Secondary works....................................................................................................... 40 Primary sources......................................................................................................... 40 British Geological Survey maps ........................................................................... 40 Historic Maps.........................................................Error! 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Historic Documents .............................................................................................. 41 Management Assessment and Strategy......................................................................... 36 Assessment................................................................................................................ 36 Military History .................................................................................................... 37 Military Archaeology............................................................................................ 37 Historic Terrain..................................................................................................... 38 Access ................................................................................................................... 38 Interpretation......................................................................................................... 38 Research Agenda ...................................................................................................... 38 Conservation Strategy............................................................................................... 39 Conservation status ............................................................................................... 39 Threats................................................................................................................... 39 Management priorities .......................................................................................... 39 Modern administrative areas................................................................................. 36 Local Archaeological curator................................................................................ 36 VISITING THE BATTLEFIELD..................................................................................... 41 The value of a site visit ............................................................................................. 41 Access Information ................................................................................................... 42 Monuments ................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. Interpretation on site ................................................................................................. 42 Other locations to visit.............................................................................................. 42 Museums............................................................................................................... 42 Nearby battlefields................................................................................................ 42 Other nearby sites of historic military interest...................................................... 42 Battlefield visit.......................................................................................................... 43 Sedgemoor (Somerset, 1685) 2 Copyright © The Battlefields Trust