What is recorded here
The Royalists (led by Sir Marmaduke Langdale) relieve Pontefract castle, which had been under siege
A Royalist force led by Sir Marmaduke Langdale defeated a Parliamentarian garrison at Chequer Field in 1644, securing the relief of Pontefract Castle and temporarily strengthening Royalist control in Yorkshire during the English Civil War.
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