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unusual facts about George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich


Lord Goring

George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich (1585–1683), prominent Royalist in the English Civil War


Battle of Maidstone

The Kentish Royalists assembled outside Maidstone at Penenden Heath with over 10,000 men raised for the Earl of Norwich.

Battle of Seacroft Moor

He was intercepted and pursued by Royalist horse under Lord George Goring, the Lieutenant-General of Horse to Sir William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, over the moors of Whinmoor and Bramham.

George Goring

George Goring, Lord Goring (1608–1657), Royalist soldier & eldest son of the above

George Goring, Lord Goring, fictional character in Anthony Powell's 1952 novel A Buyer's Market, second in the A Dance to the Music of Time cycle.

Isle Abbots

In 1645 during the English Civil War Isle Abbots was the scene of a skirmish between parliamentary troops under Edward Massie and Royalist forces under Lord Goring who fought for control of the bridges prior to the Battle of Langport.


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