Great Siege of Scarborough Castle/Timelines
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24th March 1645| 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 |
| 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 |