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The Newports were prominent royalists and during the [[English Civil War]] [[ |
The Newports were prominent royalists and during the [[English Civil War]] [[Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport]] garrisoned the Hall for the King with 200 troops.<ref> {{cite web| url =http://www.archelou.co.uk/ercall_history/ercall_at_war.htm| title =Ercall at War|accessdate = 2012-11-07}} </ref><ref name=manganiello253>Manganiello, S. ''The concise encyclopedia of the revolutions and wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660</ref> A large earthen bank was raised over the north and north-west curtain walls to provide a defence against cannon and musket fire. |
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Between 1644 and 1646 the house was besieged three times by Parliamentary forces. The first siege caused damage to the nearby church and resulted in the loss of the drawbridge, but ended with a Parliamentarian withdrawal. |
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The second siege ended when the now reinforced garrison again beat off the Parliamentarian attack. |
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The third siege however, which started in July 1645, proved to be decisive. The Parliamentary forces were now in a position to effect an artillery bombardment of the buildings and, in spite of Baron Newport arriving with more reinforcements, the Royalist commander, Sir Vincent Corbet, surrendered on 28 March 1646.<ref name="manganiello253"/> |
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Revision as of 20:29, 7 November 2012
The siege of High Ercall Hall in High Ercall, Shropshire, England took place during the English Civil War. There were a total of three sieges, In each the Hall was held by Royalists (Cavaliers) and besieged by Parliamentarians (Roundheads). The final and longest siege took place from July 1645 to March 1646, when the Cavalier commander surrendered the hall to the Roundheads.
History of the building
High Ercall Hall, in the village of High Ercall, was a fortified 13th-century manor owned by the Arkle family; in the seventeenth century the house was owned by the Newport family, having been rebuilt in 1608 for Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport.
Siege
The Newports were prominent royalists and during the English Civil War Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport garrisoned the Hall for the King with 200 troops.[1][2] A large earthen bank was raised over the north and north-west curtain walls to provide a defence against cannon and musket fire.
Between 1644 and 1646 the house was besieged three times by Parliamentary forces. The first siege caused damage to the nearby church and resulted in the loss of the drawbridge, but ended with a Parliamentarian withdrawal.
The second siege ended when the now reinforced garrison again beat off the Parliamentarian attack.
The third siege however, which started in July 1645, proved to be decisive. The Parliamentary forces were now in a position to effect an artillery bombardment of the buildings and, in spite of Baron Newport arriving with more reinforcements, the Royalist commander, Sir Vincent Corbet, surrendered on 28 March 1646.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Ercall at War". Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ^ a b Manganiello, S. The concise encyclopedia of the revolutions and wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660
Further reading
- Domesday Reloaded, D-block GB-356000-315000, Civil War High Ercall, BBC, 1986
- British Museum (1867), "High Ercall", The Garrisons of Shropshire During the Civil War, 1642–48, Shrewsbury: Leake and Evans, pp. 44–48
- English Heritage staff (4 January 1952), Ercall Hall (List entry Number: 1187259), The National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Endnotes:
- Country Life, 21 February 1920
- English Heritage staff (2007), Pastscape: Ercall Hall (id: 70291), National Monuments record, English Heritage
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|http://www.pastscape.org/hob.aspx?hob_id=ignored (help) Notes:- Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society, 4, 7: 139 ff., 1918–1919
{{citation}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)CS1 maint: date format (link) (includes illustrations) - The Castles and Old Mansions of Shropshire, 1868, p. 48 (illustration)
- Field Investigators Comments F1 ASP, 11 August 1965
- List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, DOE(HHR) District of the Wrekin Salop, April 1983, pp. 82–83
- Medieval Village Research Group annual report, MVRG Report 7, 1980, pp. 51–58
- Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society, vol. 62, MC Hill, 1979–80
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- Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society, 4, 7: 139 ff., 1918–1919
- Time Team (first aired 24 February 2002), High Ercall, Shropshire, Time Team: Season 9, Episode 8, www.tv.com
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Time Team (16 May 2012), High Ercall, Shropshire, Channel 4
- Whatley, Peter (22 July 2012), High Ercall Hall, The Gatehouse
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