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| Sherborne 1645 | ||
| Sherborne Castle was given to Sir Walter Raleigh in 1592
by Elizabeth I. He built a mansion within the grounds in 1594.
By the time of the Civil War the castle had passed to the ownership of Lord Digby, one of the King's principal advisers. |
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| 1642 | The Marquess of Hertford took refuge in the castle in August 1642, after trying (with little success) to execute the royal commission of array and hold musters of the Somerset trained bands. | |
| Aug 25 |
The Earl of
Bedford arrives to besiege the castle but has little success and he
retires to Yeovil.
Hertford decides to leave Sherborne after 6 weeks and crosses Somerset to Minehead where with some of the Royalist leaders he is able to escape by coal-boats to Glamorgan |
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| Sept. | Sherborne is held by Parliament. | |
| 1643 April |
Royalists retake the Castle. | |
| 1645 Aug 1 |
Fairfax marches from Bath and arrives at Sherborne which
is commanded for the Royalists by Sir Lewis Dives, brother-in-law to
Lord Digby.
It took fifteen days to take the castle. |
Cromwell called Sherborne "a malicious and mischievous castle". |
| Aug 14 | After the siege, Cromwell ordered that the Castle should be demolished so it could not hold out against Parliament again. | |
| Aug 28 | Sir Lewis Dives was imprisoned in the Tower of London. | |
