THE GREAT MARQUIS 



the fall of the place could no longer be prevented. 

 Then the orallant old lord consented for the first 

 time to treat. 



He stipulated that the garrison should march out 

 " with horses and arms, colours flying, drums beat- 

 ing, trumpets sounding, matches lighted at both 

 ends, bullets in their mouths, and every soldier 

 with twelve charges of powder and ball ; with per- 

 mission to select any place within ten miles of the 

 castle, for the purpose of delivering up their arms 

 to the general in command ; after which the soldiers 

 were to be disbanded and set at liberty, and safe 

 conduct and protection given to all the gentlemen 

 and others who had sought refuge within the walls 

 of Raglan Castle." 



On Wednesday, the 19th of August, 1646, the 

 garrison marched out, and the castle was taken 

 possession of for the Parliament by General Fairfax. 

 Raglan was almost the last stronghold to fall. The 

 Marquis of Worcester was accompanied by his son, 

 Lord Charles Somerset, governor of the castle ; by 

 his eldest son's wife, the Countess of Glamorgan ; 

 by Dr. Thomas Bayley, the chaplain, who had 

 acted as one of the commissioners to arrange the 

 terms of the surrender ; by the officers of the 

 garrison, and the visitors and members of his 

 household. The terms of the capitulation were 

 shamefully broken in regard to the aged Marquis, 

 for he was taken prisoner and kept in confinement 

 till the time of his death. This occurred less than 



39 



