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Siege of Corfe Castle
History of England
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| | 1138 | Redvers, Baldwin de | |
| Corfe Castle Stephen lays siege to Baldwin de Redvers at Corfe castle
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| 1138 | Stephen | |
| Corfe Castle Stephen lays siege to Baldwin de Redvers at Corfe castle
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| 1139 | Redvers, Baldwin de | |
| Corfe Castle Stephen lays siege to Baldwin de Redvers at Corfe castle
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| 1642 | Earl, Walter | |
| 1st May Corfe Castle Commence the siege of Corfe Castle but fails to capture it
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| 1643 | Bankes, John | |
| Corfe Castle Corfe Castle survives a 6 week Parliamentarian siege
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| 1643 | Bankes, Mary | |
| Corfe Castle During the English Civil War, the castle twice came under siege by Parliamentarian forces, Sir John Bankes is away from his estate attending to Charles I so defence of the castle is led by his wife Lady Mary Bankes - "Brave Dame Mary"
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| Corfe Castle The first siege, in 1643, lasts for six weeks before the Parliamentarians withdraw with the loss of 100 men
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| 1645 | Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| 12th Corfe Castle Ordered to besiege Corfe Castle, the only Royalist stronghold between Exeter & London
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| 1646 | Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| Corfe Castle After its capture, the castle is slighted (destroyed) with some explosives mainly by "undermining" to ensure that it could never stand again as a Royalist stronghold
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| Corfe Castle The second siege, in 1646, is resisted for two months before the castle is betrayed by a member of the garrison
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| 1646 | Bankes, Mary | |
| Corfe Castle After its capture, the castle is slighted (destroyed) with some explosives mainly by "undermining" to ensure that it could never stand again as a Royalist stronghold
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| Corfe Castle The second siege, in 1646, is resisted for two months before the castle is betrayed by a member of the garrison
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