Editing Battle of Lostwithiel (section)

==Aftermath==
The Battle of Lostwithiel was a great victory for King Charles and the greatest loss that the Parliamentarians would suffer in the First English Civil War. For King Charles the victory secured the South-West for the remainder of the war and mitigated criticism for a while against the Royalist war effort.{{sfn|Battle of Lostwithiel (1644)}}

For the Parliamentarians, the defeat resulted in recriminations with Middleton ultimately being blamed for his failure to break through with reinforcements. The Parliamentarian failure at Lostwithiel along with the failure to defeat King Charles at the [[Second Battle of Newbury]] ultimately led Parliament to adopt the [[Self-denying Ordinance]] and led to the implementation of the [[New Model Army]].{{sfnp|Marsh|2020}}