The Royalist Prince Maurice besieged the small Parliamentary port of Lyme Regis for eleven weeks from April to June 1644; the garrison under Colonel Blake held out with naval support until Essex relief force arrived, tying up significant Royalist forces during a critical phase of the war.
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