Parliament's first attempts to reduce Skipton Castle were unsuccessful in 1643. The castle's powerful medieval fortifications and determined garrison under Sir John Mallory repelled these early efforts. It would not be until after Marston Moor that Parliament could mount the sustained blockade that eventually forced its surrender in December 1645 — making it one of the last to fall.
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