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Parliament garrisoned the castle until June 1648 when Royalists sneaked into the castle and took control. Pontefract Castle was an important base for the Royalists, and raiding parties harried Parliamentarians in the area. [12] Oliver Cromwell led the final siege of Pontefract Castle in November 1648.
Pontefract Castle began as a wooden motte and bailey castle before 1086 and was later rebuilt in stone. The de Lacys lived there for more than two centuries [12] and were holders of the castle and the Honour of Pontefract from 1067 [13] until the death of Alice de Lacy in 1348. [14] King Richard II was murdered at the castle in 1400.
Roger's great-great-grandfather, Robert de Lacy, had failed to support King Henry I during his power struggle with his brother and the king had confiscated Pontefract Castle from the family earlier in the 12th century; [3] Roger paid King Richard I 3,000 marks for the Honour of Pontefract, though the king retained possession of the castle itself.
Siege of Pontefract Castle Thomas Rainsborough , or Rainborowe , 6 July 1610 to 29 October 1648, was an English religious and political radical who served in the Parliamentarian navy and New Model Army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms .
In August 1644 he was exchanged for a Parliamentary prisoner held by the King. In 1645, Ramsden was Colonel of the Third Division defending Pontefract Castle and he took part in the negotiations for its surrender. He died during the siege of Newark and was buried at Newark parish church on 27 March. [3]
24 June, Siege of Oxford ended with the surrender of Royalist garrison. 22 July, Siege of Worcester ended with the surrender of Royalist garrison. 27 July, after a 65-day siege, Wallingford Castle, the last English royalist stronghold, surrenders to Sir Thomas Fairfax. 19 August, Royalist garrison of Raglan Castle surrendered (Wales)
In Pontefract the growing of liquorice was done on plots of land behind people's houses. In a map of the 1648 Siege of Pontefract (reproduced by Chartres [3]) the liquorice is indicated as being grown in "garths" either side of Micklegate, the street which runs between Pontefract's Market Place and the castle.
Responsible for the custody of Henry, Duke of Exeter in July 1454, who had joined the Percys in their feud with the Nevilles and was sentenced to be imprisoned in Pontefract Castle. [202] Stapleton, Sir William Probably from the Western March. [3] Stockdale, Thomas 1421 [203] A lawyer from Pishiobury, Hertfordshire. [10]