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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 20:13, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Storming of Shelford House

  • ... that 80% of the Royalist garrison were killed in the 1645 storming of Shelford House? Source: "By the time the order was rescinded, around 80 per cent of the defenders had been slain." from page 286 of: Appleby, David J. (30 April 2020). "Fleshing out a massacre: the storming of Shelford House and social forgetting in Restoration England". Historical Research. 93 (260): 286–308. doi:10.1093/hisres/htaa011. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
    • ALT1: ... that Sydnam Poyntz ordered that no mercy be shown to Royalists during the 1645 storming of Shelford House and 80% of the defenders were killed? Source: As ALT0 plus "Having gained the outer ramparts after a particularly costly assault, Poyntz suddenly ordered his bruised and bloodied men to show the 200-strong garrison no mercy" from the same page

Moved to mainspace by Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk). Nominated by Dumelow (talk) at 18:47, 6 December 2021 (UTC).


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 14:13, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

ALT0 to T:DYK/P1