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Just six days after the conclusion of the siege, Parliament ordered that Raglan
should be totally demolished, and earmarked the profits of destruction as reward
for their victorious army. The building was stripped of such material wealth
as could be easily removed but, even in defeat, the medieval masonry proved
too strong.
The transcript from the voice over for the video:
"And we have here, the date reference. Tuesday 25th August 1646. This is
just six days after Raglan falls. That’s right and here in the margin,
we have the subject matter. Raglan Castle to be demolished.
And the text reads, resolved that the Castle of Raglan, the works about with
the houses and buildings there of to be pulled down and demolished. And then,
finally down here, all the materials should be sold and disposed of for the
best advantage of the State.
And then the conclusion of the episode, that the person of earl of Worcester
be forth with send for and that upon his arriving in London, forth with committed
prisoner of the tower.”
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