The English Civil War
During the Civil War he commanded Goodrich Castle, defending it against the Parliamentarians until July 1645 when Colonel John Birch finally broke the defences using the famous cannon Roaring Meg.
His house of Freen's Court at Sutton was besieged until Prince Rupert of the Rhine was called to the rescue. Lingen was knighted by Charles I on his visit to Hereford in 1645. He himself in turn besieged Brampton Bryan Castle, home of his distant kinsman Robert Harley (1579-1656) (quite a common occurrence during the Civil War), the Harley family were later holders of the title Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. This siege was defended by Lady Brilliana Harley but to no avail. In 1646 he defended Goodrich Castle but the castles defences were breeched and he was allowed to leave and the castle slighted. He attempted to rally the citizens of Hereford to rebel against the parliamentary forces with out success. A portrait of Sir Henry and his wife is in the Old House in Butcher Row in the centre of the city of Hereford.
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