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|1642-1651
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|[[English Civil War]]: Scarborough sides with the Royalists
[[English Civil War]]: Scarborough sides with the Royalists
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|March 1643
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|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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|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]]
|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
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|First [[siege]] of the Castle by Parliamentary forces begins
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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
|1st May 1645
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|Parliamentarians' [[Committee of Both Kingdoms]] orders that the Castle be taken at all costs
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|25th July 1645
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|Castle garrison surrenders following five-month siege that sees the keep partially destroyed
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|27th July 1648
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|New castle garrison goes over to the Royalist side
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|19th December 1648
|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
|Second siege brings Castle back under Parliamentary control; later used as a prison
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|event='''[[Great Siege of Scarborough Castle#Bombardment of the castle|10th May 1645]]''': Royalist counter-attack leads to Parliamentary retreat after three-day bombardment and collapse of the  
|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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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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