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Poole escaped any large-scale attack and with the Royalists on the brink of defeat in 1646, the Parliamentary garrison from Poole laid siege to and captured the nearby Royalist stronghold at Corfe Castle. [15] [16] Beech Hurst in the town centre, a Georgian mansion built in 1798 for a wealthy Newfoundland merchant
He was governor of Poole, and took part in the siege of Corfe Castle. [2] ... With: William Whitaker 1645–1646 George Starre 1646 John Fry 1647–1648 : Succeeded by.
The Royalist stronghold Corfe Castle was destroyed in the English Civil War. Mary Bankes was a Royalist who defended Corfe Castle from a three-year siege inflicted by the parliamentarians.
The history of Poole, a town in Dorset, England, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement around Poole Harbour during the Iron Age. The town now known as Poole was founded on a small peninsula to the north of the harbour. Poole experienced rapid growth as it became an important port following the Norman Conquest of England.
In 1654, Cooper was elected member of parliament for Poole in the First Protectorate Parliament. [2] Also in 1654, he was a member of the high court of justice and commissioner for scandalous ministers for Wiltshire. He was commissioner for oyer and terminer on the Western circuit in 1655. In 1657 he was commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire.
The castle had a circular keep and gun platform, which was expanded at the end of the 16th century with a ring of extensive ramparts and bastions. Pendennis saw service during the English Civil War and was besieged in 1646. It was modernised and upgraded in the 1730s and again during the 1790s, and was used during both world wars.
MP for Poole (1649–1695) [c] November 1693 27 April 1695 [16] Charles Talbot 1st Duke of Shrewsbury (1660–1718) 27 April 1695 12 December 1698 James Vernon MP for Westminster (1646–1727) [d] 12 December 1698 14 May 1699 [17] Edward Villiers 1st Earl of Jersey (c. 1656–1711) 14 May 1699 27 June 1700 James Vernon MP for Westminster (1646 ...
Portrait of Sir Courtenay Pole, 2nd Baronet painted by Mary Beale. Sir Courtenay Pole, 2nd Baronet (1619–1695), of Shute, Devon, was an English politician, who is best remembered as the sponsor of the hearth tax, which earned him the jeering nickname "Sir Chimney Pole".