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Rupert returned to Wales.. Defeating the parliamentarians at Stockport, he forced his way into Lancashire, stormed Bolton on 28 May, and captured Liverpool on 11 June.
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- ↑ "Elisabeth Haselwood | National Museum of Women in the Arts". nmwa.org. Retrieved 10 April 2019.