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- Oliver Cromwell led the final siege of Pontefract Castle in November 1648. Charles I was executed in January, and Pontefract's garrison came to an agreement and Colonel Morrice handed over the castle to Major General John Lambert on 24 March 1649.
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On June 25, 1483, three men were executed at Pontefract Castle. They were Anthony Woodville, Lord Rivers, the new king’s maternal uncle; Richard Grey, the king’s half-brother; and Thomas Vaughan, the king’s chamberlain, who had served him since infancy.
Jan 17, 2014 · Pontefract was now a royal castle and its prisoners reflected its importance and its security. In 1405, Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York was imprisoned here before his execution. James I of Scotland spent some time here as an unwilling guest as did the Dukes of Bourbon and Orleans after their capture at Agincourt.
Pontefract (or Pomfret) Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England King Richard II is thought to have died there. It was the site of a series of famous sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War .
The execution of traitors, the imprisonment of enemies and even the murder of kings - it all happened in Pontefract. SEE ALSO Ghostly Pontefract Castle
May 27, 2024 · For seven long years, the castle endured three brutal sieges, its weary garrison holding out against bombardment, starvation, and disease. The first siege, from December 1644 to March 1645, saw the Parliamentarians batter the walls with over 1300 cannonballs.
On 13th February 1542, Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, was beheaded at the Tower of London following her infidelity with Thomas Culpeper, and for other indiscretions. The liaison between Catherine and Thomas was supposedly 'discovered' at Pontefract Castle on 23rd August 1541.
By the 13th century, Pontefract Castle had been transformed from a humble wooden fort to a formidable stronghold. In fact, the castle was so impressive that when Oliver Cromwell attacked in 1649, he called it 'one of the strongest inland garrisons in the kingdom'.
