Mar 28, 2010
The English Civil War brought about the castle’s ruin. Henry Somerset, the first Marquess of Worcester, was a staunch supporter of Charles the First, whom he entertained at the castle on two occasions. In 1646, the King’s fortunes were on the wane and the major towns and castles of England and Wales were in Parliamentarian hands. “Raglan and Pendennis, like winter fruit, hung long on.” The fall of the City of Oxford released Parliamentarian forces to supplement the siege of the castle and, after many months, the staunchly Royalist Marquess was compelled to surrender to General Fairfax on 19 August 1646. A systematic slighting of the castle commenced and the Great Tower was largely destroyed by mining.
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