Battle of Wigan Lane
The Battle of Wigan Lane was held on August 25, 1651 during the Third English Civil War, between Royalists under the leadership of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, and parts of the New Model Army under the command of Colonel Robert Lilburne instead. The Royalists were defeated and lost nearly half of its officers and soldiers.
The Earl of Derby was at the same time also Lord of man and ordered that ten men should be put in from each municipality of the Isle of Man for the battle. In total, there were 170 soldiers who turned the island.
David Craine claims in his book ' Manannan 's Isle ', that "those who did not fall in the fighting, were driven across the country to death."