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Description: | The site of one of the most bitter sieges of the Civil War, beginning in November 1643 and finally ending with the storming of the stronghold on 14 October 1645 by a Parliamentarian army under the command of Oliver Cromwell.
The house had been rebuilt in magnificent style by William Paulet, 1st Marquis of Winchester in the mid sixteenth century. When the Civil War broke out, the Catholic John Paulett, 5th Marquis declared for the King and made Basing House into a fortress garrisoned with 500 men. At the end of the siege, the house was plundered and completely slighted, becoming a picturesque ruin.
The family motto of the Pauletts was "Aymez Loyaute", which gave rise to the name 'Loyalty House' being given to Basing House.
The print as shown was published in 1795. It was later used as the frontispiece to G N Godwin. 1904. The Civil War in Hampshire (1642-45). | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Subjects: | Aymez Loyaute building Civil War John Paulett siege Oliver Cromwell house Marquis of Winchester Loyalty House Basing House William Paulett | Temporal: | start=1590-01-01; end=1610-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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