Cromwell with a force of New Model cavalry surprised Bletchingdon House near Woodstock on 24 April 1645, arriving before dawn and demanding immediate surrender. The governor Colonel Francis Windebank, entertaining guests including women, panicked and surrendered without resistance. The bloodless capture yielded 200 prisoners and stores; Windebank was court-martialled and shot for cowardice by the Royalists.
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