Sir George Booth seized Chester in August 1659 at the head of a Royalist-Presbyterian rising in Cheshire. Chester was the principal city of the north-west and its capture gave Booth a strong base and demonstrated the breadth of his support. The garrison town fell to insurgents without significant fighting.
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