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attacked the castle from Rickham Common, on the opposite 

 side of the harbour, and a half-moon trench with a mound, 

 and places for guns, is shown on the hill-side exactly facing 

 the castle, where they erected a battery. They must, 

 however, have had other positions also. Be this as it may, 

 on the 7th of May, 161*6, a little less than four months after 

 the commencement of the siege, the garrison was obliged to 

 capitulate, which they did upon honourable terms. 



One account says, " For a period of nearly four months, 

 the retired inlet of Salcombe was a scene of incessant uproar. 

 The batteries thundered from each side of the harbour, but 

 at the end of that time, the garrison capitulated. For this 

 spirited resistance, Sir Edmund Fortescue was allowed to 

 march with the honours of war to his mansion, Falapit 

 House." 



A letter to the " Diurnall of Parliament" says, " Charles 

 Fort, sometimes called Salcombe, is surrendered to us, to the 

 obedience and use of the Parliament, which is the only 

 considerable place that the enemy has lately held, in all the 

 west parts, except the strong garrison of Pendennis Castle." 



This ruined fort, therefore, although regarded by many as 

 of no particular historic interest, may at least boast that it 

 held out for the King until almost every fortress in Devon- 

 shire had succumbed. 



The articles signed were ten in number. It was agreed 

 first, "That the Governor and all the garrison, in their 

 several and respective places, capacities, and degrees, should 

 have full liberty in thire profession of the true Protestant 

 religion, professed and vowed by both houses of this present 

 Parliament, &c" Also, "That the said fort may not bee 

 knowne by aney other name than Fort Charles, as now itt is, 

 or any coate of arames in y e dininge rume defaced ; or any- 



