Parliamentary forces made a major assault on Basing House in August 1644 after careful siege preparations, but the attack was repulsed with significant Parliamentary losses. The garrison under the Marquess of Winchester demonstrated the difficulty of taking a well-defended and well-provisioned country house even with a substantial besieging force, emboldening other Royalist garrisons to resist.
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