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Siege of Oxford

Type Event Region Europe Time 1646

May–June 1646, at the end of the English Civil War, Parliament besieged Charles I's royal capital Oxford;…

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  1. 1646Oxford · OxfordshireAfter Naseby and the Western Campaign, Thomas Fairfax led the New Model Army and Scottish allies to encircle Oxford. The Marquess of Ormond and others held the city; Charles I had already left in disguise, leaving the royal capital isolated.
  2. 1646Oxford and surroundings · OxfordshireParliamentary forces cut off supplies and set up siege artillery; the garrison ran out of food and aid. Representatives on both sides repeatedly negotiated surrender terms; Parliament insisted on terms of an honorable surrender and rejected the Royalists' breakout demands.
  3. 1646Oxford · OxfordshireOn June 24 the Oxford garrison marched out and disarmed under terms of honorable surrender. The fall of the royal capital gave Parliament control of England's main cities, and the First English Civil War ended in Royalist military defeat.

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