Chester was the key Royalist city in the north-west; its siege from autumn 1645 saw Charles I watch the destruction of the Rowton Heath relief force from the Phoenix Tower; the city was starved into surrender in February 1646 with its citizens suffering severely; the loss of Chester effectively ended Royalist power in north Wales.
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