The siege of Newcastle lasted from February to October 1644. The Royalist garrison under Mayor Sir John Marlay resisted stubbornly — the town walls were extended and reinforced. The Scots stormed the walls in October, with fighting in the streets. Newcastle's fall deprived the Crown of vital coal revenue and opened the northeast to Parliamentary control
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