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Parent topics
- Scarborough, North Yorkshire [r]: Seaside resort, fishing port and former spa town on the east coast of North Yorkshire, England; once an important mediaeval port and site of a major royal castle (population about 52,000). [e]
- Castle [r]: A building which was designed to protect people and property inside, and typically belonged to an important or wealthy person such as a lord or monarch. [e]
Subtopics
Creators, builders and occupants
Signal station occupiers, 4th century
- Ancient Rome [r]: The most powerful empire of the ancient world. [e]
Earliest fort, 1138
Monarchs who maintained or used the stone castle
- Henry II [r]: Add brief definition or description
- John of England [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Henry III [r]: An Angevin King of England (I1216-1272), son of John and father of Edward I. [e]
- Henry VI [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Edward I [r]: (1272-1307) English king who conquered Wales and attempted to conquer Scotland. [e]
- Edward II [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Richard III [r]: Add brief definition or description
Governors
- Piers Gaveston [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Henry de Percy [r]: Add brief definition or description
English Civil War
- Great Siege of Scarborough Castle [r]: Major English Civil War conflict of 1645; after five months of defence, the Royalist garrison finally surrendered to Parliamentary forces. [e]
- Sir Hugh Cholmley, 1st Baronet [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sir Matthew Boynton, 1st Baronet [r]: Add brief definition or description
Imprisonment
- George Fox [r]: (1625-1691) Widely regarded as the founder of the Religious Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers. [e]
Related Topics
- Bombardment of Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool [r]: First World War attack by the German Navy on English seaports on the morning of 16th December 1914. [e]
- Yorkshire [r]: Region of northern England and the United Kingdom. [e]
- English Civil War [r]: 1641-1651 conflict between Parliamentarians under Oliver Cromwell and Royalists loyal to the monarchy. [e]
