Taunton Castle
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Taunton Castle is a castle built to defend the town of Taunton, Somerset, England. It has origins in the Anglo Saxon period and was later the site of a priory. The Normans then built a stone structure
Taunton Castle
Rear of the castle
The closed entrance
Sieges of Taunton
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The sieges of Taunton were a series of three blockades during the First English Civil War. The town of Taunton, in Somerset, was considered to be of strategic importance because it controlled the main
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…enclave in the South West of the country. After Essex's army was forced to surrender at Lostwithiel in Cornwall in September, the Royalists maintained a Siege of Taunton. From July 1644 to July 1645 Parliamentary forces commanded by Colonel Robert Blake were besieged by Royalist forces under Lord Goring, although the…
Robert Blake commanded the Parliamentarian defence of Taunton during the sieges.
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton struggled to assert his authority over the Royalist troops.
George Goring, Lord Goring renewed the Royalist siege in 1645.