Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 20th January 2026

Time: 7.00 p.m.

Venue: Lecture Theatre, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA

Description: The talk covers the royalist invasion of Devon in 1643, when Prince Maurice’s army invaded Exeter, Dartmouth, and towns in North Devon, and the ensuing siege of Plymouth in the winter of that year. Cannon positions at Mount Stamford were unsuccessful in stopping ships entering Plymouth Sound. Various attacks by the Royalist troops were repulsed and the siege was lifted by the end of the year.

How to book: The easiest approach is to book tickets through Eventbrite (see The Bridge link) Otherwise contact The Bridge, University of Plymouth thebridge@plymouth.ac.uk Or phone The Bridge T: 01752 585050

Price: Free for national and local members of the HA and for Plymouth University students, Visitors £6.00, concessions £4.00

Tel: 01752 843750

Email: a.cousins345@btinternet.com

Website: www.ha-plymouth.org.uk/

Organiser: Alan Cousins

Lecturer: Philip Photiou (author)

Region: South-West England

Branch: Plymouth