Cromwell appeared before Bletchingdon House with cavalry and demanded surrender; Colonel Windebank, with a houseful of guests, surrendered without firing a shot. Charles I had Windebank court-martialled for cowardice and shot. The incident showed how rapidly Oxford's satellite posts were collapsing even before Naseby.
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