The siege.
During the English Civil War, Corfe Castle was a Royalist stronghold. There are variations in the story. However, with her husband away, the gist is that with just a few soldiers, Lady Bankes defended her home from Parliamentary forces during a six week siege in 1643 until relief came due to the arrival of a Royalist force. Three years later, either due to treachery or trickery or both, the castle did fall. Soon afterwards the castle was partially destroyed by the Parliamentarians to look not dissimilar to how it looks today, centuries later.
The siege.
During the English Civil War, Corfe Castle was a Royalist stronghold. There are variations in the story. However, with her husband away, the gist is that with just a few soldiers, Lady Bankes defended her home from Parliamentary forces during a six week siege in 1643 until relief came due to the arrival of a Royalist force. Three years later, either due to treachery or trickery or both, the castle did fall. Soon afterwards the castle was partially destroyed by the Parliamentarians to look not dissimilar to how it looks today, centuries later.