Pontefract Castle was one of the strongest Royalist fortresses in the north; its garrison of Cavaliers held through 1644 and 1645 despite Parliamentary blockade; it was briefly retaken for the Royalists by a bold coup in 1648 and only finally surrendered in 1649 on direct order of the executed king.
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