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|1642-1651
|[[Great Siege of Scarborough Castle#Background|1642-1651]]
|[[English Civil War]]: Scarborough sides with the Royalists
|[[English Civil War]]: Scarborough sides with the Royalists
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|March 1643
|[[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]]
|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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|Parliamentary forces reach Scarborough following Royalist defeat at [[Battle of Marston Moor|Marston Moor]] and the fall of [[York]]; Cholmley stalls with surrender negotiations
|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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|18th February 1645
|[[Great Siege of Scarborough Castle#Parliamentary capture of the town|18th February 1645]]
|Capture of Scarborough's port; first [[siege]] of the Castle by Parliamentary forces begins
|Capture of Scarborough's port; first [[siege]] of the Castle by Parliamentary forces begins
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|Parliamentarians' [[Committee of Both Kingdoms]] orders that the Castle be taken at all costs
|Parliamentarians' [[Committee of Both Kingdoms]] orders that the Castle be taken at all costs
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|10th May 1645
|[[Great Siege of Scarborough Castle#The Great Siege|10th May 1645]]
|Royalist counter-attack leads to Parlimentary retreat after three-day bombardment and collapse of the keep's west wall
|Royalist counter-attack leads to Parlimentary retreat after three-day bombardment and collapse of the keep's west wall
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|Castle garrison surrenders following five-month siege
|Castle garrison surrenders following five-month siege
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|27th July 1648
|[[Great Siege of Scarborough Castle#Aftermath|27th July 1648]]
|New castle garrison goes over to the Royalist side
|New castle garrison goes over to the Royalist side
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Date Event
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 Parlimentary retreat after three-day bombardment and collapse of the keep's west wall
11th May 1645 Heavy hand-to-hand fighting around the barbican; Parliamentarians take heavier casualties, Meldrum killed
25th July 1645 Castle garrison surrenders following five-month siege
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