Lichfield Cathedral Close — one of only two English cathedrals with three spires — was fortified and besieged three times. During the first siege in 1643, Lord Brooke was shot through the eye by a sniper from the cathedral tower — on St Chad's Day, which local Catholics claimed was divine retribution. Prince Rupert eventually blew the walls with a mine.
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