Exeter had been the Royalist capital of the west; Henrietta Maria had sheltered here after giving birth and escaped to France from the city; its surrender in April 1646 on generous terms marked the end of Royalist resistance west of Bristol; Fairfax allowed the garrison to march out with full honours.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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