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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.
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 .
Nov 24, 2020 · One of the most infamous moments in Pontefract Castle’s history came in 1399, when Henry IV, a Lancastrian, used it to imprison and murder the deposed king Richard II.
- Sarah Roller
A Grand Historical pageant in Pontefract Castle was staged over the weekend of August 27,28,29, 1942. This included spectacular colourful incidents from 500 years of history.
- Peter Tuffrey
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Jan 17, 2014 · He was taken back home to Pontefract and unceremoniously executed looking towards Scotland which was the direction of his treachery. Eventually the castle passed into the hands of John of Gaunt and from there to his son Henry Bolingbroke who became Henry IV when he usurped his cousin’s throne.
The execution of traitors, the imprisonment of enemies and even the murder of kings - it all happened in Pontefract.
By the 13 th 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’.
