Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle was a major Royalist garrison in Leicestershire held by the Hastings family (Earls of Huntingdon), who were fervent Royalists. The garrison raided extensively across Leicestershire and Staffordshire. It held out until February 1646, surrendering on honourable terms. Parliament subsequently blew up the tower, creating the dramatic leaning ruin that survives today. The castle's role in Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe" has given it literary fame.
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