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|1642-1651 | |event='''[[Great Siege of Scarborough Castle#Background|1642-1651]]''': | ||
[[English Civil War]]: Scarborough sides with the Royalists | |||
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|August 1644 | |event='''[[Great Siege of Scarborough Castle#Royalist stronghold|March 1643]]''': Castle garrison led by Sir [[Sir Hugh Cholmley, 1st Baronet|Hugh Cholmley]]; briefly loses the Castle to his cousin, Captain [[Browne Bushell]] | ||
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|18th February 1645 | }} | ||
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| | |event='''August 1644''':Parliamentary forces reach Scarborough following Royalist defeat at [[Battle of Marston Moor|Marston Moor]] and the fall of [[York]]; Cholmley stalls with surrender negotiations | ||
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|Sir [[John Meldrum]], leader of the Parliamentary forces, badly injured in clifftop fall; allows Royalist surprise attack and delays siege by six weeks | |color=#FFF | ||
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|1st May 1645 | {{tlevent | ||
|event='''[[Great Siege of Scarborough Castle#The Great Siege|18th February 1645]]''': Capture of Scarborough's port; first [[siege]] of the Castle by Parliamentary forces begins | |||
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|Royalist counter-attack leads to | }} | ||
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|11th May 1645 | |event='''24th March 1645''': Sir [[John Meldrum]], leader of the Parliamentary forces, badly injured in clifftop fall; allows Royalist surprise attack and delays siege by six weeks | ||
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|event='''1st May 1645''':Parliamentarians' [[Committee of Both Kingdoms]] orders that the Castle be taken at all costs | |||
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|keep's west wall | |||
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|event='''11th May 1645''': Heavy hand-to-hand fighting around the barbican; Parliamentarians take heavier casualties, Meldrum killed | |||
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|event='''[[Great Siege of Scarborough Castle#Aftermath|27th July 1648]]''': New castle garrison goes over to the Royalist side | |||
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|event='''19th December 1648''': Second siege brings Castle back under Parliamentary control; later used as a prison | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:03, 29 May 2010
Click on dates for sections of the main article
1642-1651:
English Civil War: Scarborough sides with the Royalists March 1643: Castle garrison led by Sir Hugh Cholmley; briefly loses the Castle to his cousin, Captain Browne Bushell
August 1644:Parliamentary forces reach Scarborough following Royalist defeat at Marston Moor and the fall of York; Cholmley stalls with surrender negotiations
18th February 1645: Capture of Scarborough's port; first siege of the Castle by Parliamentary forces begins
24th March 1645: Sir John Meldrum, leader of the Parliamentary forces, badly injured in clifftop fall; allows Royalist surprise attack and delays siege by six weeks
1st May 1645:Parliamentarians' Committee of Both Kingdoms orders that the Castle be taken at all costs
10th May 1645: Royalist counter-attack leads to Parliamentary retreat after three-day bombardment and collapse of the
11th May 1645: Heavy hand-to-hand fighting around the barbican; Parliamentarians take heavier casualties, Meldrum killed
27th July 1648: New castle garrison goes over to the Royalist side
19th December 1648: Second siege brings Castle back under Parliamentary control; later used as a prison
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