In August 1642 Royalist sympathisers in Suffolk attempted to seize control of Bury St Edmunds and the county magazine. Parliamentary supporters in the town organised to suppress the plot before it could succeed. The episode demonstrated the fragility of local control in the opening weeks of the war and the critical importance of securing county magazines.
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