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Naseby

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Photo reproduction of a print depicting King Charles I of England at the battle of Naseby
Photo reproduction of a print depicting King Charles I of England at the battle of Naseby
  1. (n) Naseby
    a battle in 1645 that settled the outcome of the first English Civil War as the Parliamentarians won a major victory over the Royalists
  2. (n) Naseby
    a village in western Northamptonshire
Usage in the news

Taking a King's Crown at Naseby in 1645. historynet.com

Sir Thomas Fairfax leads the Parliamentarian New Model Army against the Royalist forces of Charles I at the Battle of Naseby (Photos.com). historynet.com

Usage in literature

On the fourteenth of June 1645 the two armies met near Naseby, to the north-west of Northampton. "History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8)" by John Richard Green

Naseby has been fought and lost. "Oxford" by Frederick Douglas How

Others, again, say they are the remains of the slain at Naseby. "Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850" by Various

Our great-grandfather fought at Naseby, and though he was a scurvy Roundhead, I'll swear he gave a good account of himself. "Athelstane Ford" by Allen Upward

He would have done good work in our ranks at Naseby. "My Sword's My Fortune" by Herbert Hayens

They had nobler banquets at Naseby and at Marston. "The Buccaneer" by Mrs. S. C. Hall

She told me she had lived with Mrs. Naseby nearly two years, and that during all that time she had never had any trouble before. "The First Violin" by Jessie Fothergill

Fairfax was coming up, and reached Naseby at five in the morning. "England, Picturesque and Descriptive" by Joel Cook

Macaulay's ballad of Naseby, 41. "Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 5, January-June, 1852" by Various

Naseby Field was near, and the first Civil War was drawing to its close. "Bunyan" by James Anthony Froude