Storming of Farnham Castle

Storming of Farnham Castle
Part of the First English Civil War
Remains of the castle's keep
Date 1 December 1642 Location Farnham Castle, Farnham, Surrey 51°13′08″N 00°48′10″W / 51.21889°N 0.80278°W / 51.21889; -0.80278 Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Sir John Denham	Sir William Waller
Farnham Castle class=notpageimage| Location within Surrey

The Storming of Farnham Castle occurred on 1 December 1642, during the early stages of the First English Civil War, when a Parliamentarian force attacked the Royalist garrison at Farnham Castle in Surrey. Sir John Denham had taken possession of the castle for the Royalists in mid-November, but after the Royalists had been turned back from London at the Battle of Turnham Green, a Parliamentarian force under the command of Sir William Waller approached the castle. After Denham refused to surrender, Waller's forces successfully stormed the castle. They captured it in under three hours, mostly due to the unwillingness of the Royalist troops to fight. This allowed the Parliamentarians to get close enough to breach the gates, after which the garrison surrendered.