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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 First siege of the Castle by Parliamentary forces begins
1st May 1645 Parliamentarians' Committee of Both Kingdoms orders that the Castle be taken at all costs
25th July 1645 Castle garrison surrenders following five-month siege that sees the keep partially destroyed
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