Hurst Castle on the Hampshire coast spit held for Parliament throughout the Civil War. Its most significant moment came in December 1648 when Colonel Pride's Purge cleared Parliament: Colonel Robert Hammond, governor of the Isle of Wight (where Charles I had been held at Carisbrooke), surrendered the King to the Army. Charles was taken to Hurst Castle — a bleak, remote fortress — before being brought to London for trial and execution.
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