Parliamentary forces under Lambert reoccupied Chester in August 1659 after Booth's defeat at Winnington Bridge ended the northern rising. Booth himself attempted to escape disguised as a woman but was captured. The peaceful reoccupation of Chester completed the suppression of the last major Royalist armed attempt before the Restoration.
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