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Pontefract final siege map

25/10/2021

We have recently been contacted by Ben Hardiment, a descendant of Charles Fairfax, uncle of renowned Parliamentarian commander-in-chief during the English Civil War, Sir Thomas Fairfax. Ben has kindly contributed a map of Pontefract Castle’s finalĀ  siege, dated 1648, which he inherited.

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Thomas of Lancaster - Saint or Sinner?
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On the 22nd March 1322, Thomas of Lancaster, the great baron of Pontefract and the wealthiest man in the kingdom, behind King Edward II, was [...]
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