Crabchurch Conspiracy 2020
Crabchurch Conspiracy Weymouth , Saturday 29th February 2020 After devoting a lot of time to launching the 13th century blog this year's Crabchurch Conspiracy event,was sufficient enough to get 'A Burnt Ship' back into life. At the start of 1645 the twin coastal towns of Weymouth and Wycombe Regis were held by Parliamentarians under the command of Sir William Sydenham and his two brothers Francis and Thomas. At midnight on 9th February two Royalist forces made up of men from Portland attacked and seized the two main local forts at Nothe and Chapelhay. Within an hour Major Francis Sydenham organised a counter attack in a bid to retake the Chapel fort. This failed and Francis died the following morning from his wounds. The Parliamentarians managed to still hold on to Melcombe. After a number of days of facing bombardment, the Parliamentarians, numbered around 1,300 men, received news that a Royalist army under Lord Goring of