Edinburgh Castle was held for Charles I by the royalist governor but the Covenanters seized it by surprise in March 1639. A small Covenanting party gained entry through a night escalade and overpowered the garrison. The capture of Edinburgh Castle gave the Covenanters control of the most important military installation in Scotland and denied it to the Crown for the duration of the Bishops Wars.
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