Sir John Meldrum had Newark closely invested in 1644. Prince Rupert made a rapid march that caught the besieging army by surprise. Rather than fight Rupert's superior force, the usually competent Meldrum surrendered his entire army on terms — an ignominious capitulation that ended his active career. Newark — the "Key to the North" — remained Royalist for another two years. The town's extraordinary three-year resistance is one of the great Civil War sieges.
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