Marmaduke Langdale , 1st Baron Langdale of Holme Sir Marmaduke Langdale ( 1598 at Pighall – 5 August 1661 at Holme - on - Spalding - Moor ) was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War . He was the son of Peter Langdale of Holme - on - Spalding - Moor , East Riding of Yorkshire . He married Lenox ( d . 1639 ) , daughter of Sir John Rodes of Barlborough , Derbyshire , and his third wife Catherine , daughter of Marmaduke Constable of Holderness on 12 September 1626 , at St Michael - le - Belfry in York . He held the post of High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1639 , before the English Civil War . Always a gaunt , austere and uncompromising character , he was one of those who had refused to pay ship money to the crown , but after gaining extensive military experience in Europe during the 1630s , he joined the Royalist cause at the outbreak of the war . He commanded a brigade of horse in the army of the Marquess of Newcastle . After the Royalist defeat at the Battle of Marston Moor , he took command of the surviving cavalry from Newcastle ' s army . Known as the " Northern Horse " , these die - hards were largely impoverished sons of gentry , and they became known for touchiness and lack of discipline . In February 1645 , Langdale led a raid into Yorkshire , defeating Major - General John Lambert at battle of Wentbridge and relieving Pontefract Castle . The lack of discipline led to excessive rape and pillage , damaging the Royalist cause in Yorkshire . The respite the raid gained for Pontefract was only temporary , because without infantry support Langdale was forced to retire and when he did so Pontefract was again besieged . In May , Langdale and the Northern Horse formed the left wing of the main Royal army at the Battle of Naseby . They faced Oliver Cromwell ' s more numerous and better disciplined troopers , but were outflanked and driven from the field by weight of numbers . After Naseby King Charles tried to march towards Scotland to join forces with Montrose . Langdale ' s men were part of the scratch army which attempted to lift the siege of Chester . In the confused Battle of Rowton Heath , they were defeated by Parliamentarian cavalry under Major - General Sydnam Poyntz . Although the King turned back , Langdale and his men attempted to continue to Scotland under the command of courtier Lord Digby . During October Digby ' s forces fought a number of engagements , finally being defeated on Carlisle Sands by Sir John Brown on 24 October . Digby and Langsdale escaped to the relative safety of the Isle of Man which was held for the Royalists by the Earl of Derby . From Man they made their way to France . In 1648 , Langdale was among those who joined the Royalist side in the Second English Civil War and who supported the Scottish Engager invasion of England . Langdale organised the Royalist cause in Cumberland and seized Berwick . He was engaged by Major - General John Lambert who ' s cavalry came into contact with his forces near Carlisle . Instead of fighting a pitched battle Lambert slowly fell back towards Bowes and Barnard Castle , fighting small rearguard actions to annoy Langdale and gain time . Langdale did not follow him into the mountains , but occupied himself in gathering recruits and supplies of material and food for the Scots . Lambert , reinforced from the Midlands , reappeared early in June and drove Langdale back to Carlisle with his work half finished . Langdale ' s English Royalists joined the Scottish army and placed themselves under its commander , the Duke of Hamilton . They accompanied him on his march through Lancashire . On 17 August 1648 , Langdale ' s force was guarding the road into Preston while the main body of the army crossed the River Ribble , when Cromwell launched an unexpected attack , initiating the three - day running Battle of Preston ( 1648 ) . Langdale ' s Royalists fought for some hours without support and was eventually overwhelmed . Langdale managed to escape from Preston but was captured a few days later in Nottingham and imprisoned in Nottingham Castle . In October 1648 he escaped and made his way to the European Continent . This was a lucky escape for him , as the Parliamentarians were not inclined towards mercy and executed a number of prominent Royalists including the Duke of Hamilton , Langdale ' s name was included on Parliament ' s list of Royalists excluded from pardon for their roles in the wars . At Charles II ' s court - in - exile , Langdale advocated an alliance with the Spanish as the best means of regaining the throne . Like Digby , he became a convert to Roman Catholicism . At the Restoration he was created Baron Langdale .