Royalist

The royalist army at Birmingham was commanded by Prince Rupert, and consisted of around 1500 horse led by Rupert and the Earl of Denbigh, and 500 to 600 foot from John Owen’s Welsh regiment. Their artillery included 4 drakes and 2 sakers.

Parliamentarian

The parliamentarian army at Birmingham was commanded by Captain Richard Greaves, the squire of King’s Norton. It consisted of 2 troops of horse from the garrison of Lichfield, a single company of foot and many local townspeople, some of whom brought their own weapons. The foot overall totalled to barely more than 200 men.

Losses

The parliamentarians may have lost at least 14 men killed, many wounded and 40 men taken prisoner. The royalists were claimed by the parliamentarians to have lost 30 men, yet Prince Rupert’s papers recorded that their losses were light.

Rupert himself was reported to have received a minor injury when a bullet grazed on his boot. The most significant royalist casualty was the Earl of Denbigh, who died 5 days later from the wounds he had sustained. Lord George Digby was also reported to have been wounded, though he was likely being confused with Denbigh.