In the spring of 1648, when Charles I was in the possesion of
the Parliamentarians - under arrest at Carisbrooke Castle, on the
Isle of Wight - riots broke out in support of the Royalist cause
across the South East. In Bury St Edmunds, the rioters even managed
to take possession of the county's supply of ammunition. However,
this Royalist surge did not last long: with their defeat by the New
Model Army at the Battle of Preston in August, the Parliamentarians
secured their victory in the Civil Wars.
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