Wallingford Castle had the remarkable distinction of being the very last Royalist garrison in England to surrender — weeks after Oxford had fallen and Charles I had given himself up to the Scots. The governor, Colonel Blagge, held out until 27 July 1646 in loyal adherence to his royal commission. The castle was slighted after surrender.
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