Editing Powderham Castle (section)

===Civil War===
During the [[English Civil War|Civil War]] Powderham Castle was garrisoned by 300 [[cavalier|Royalist]] soldiers under the command of Sir Hugh Meredith. In December 1645 a [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]] detachment under the command of Sir [[Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron|Thomas Fairfax]] tried, without initial success, to capture it<ref>Mackenzie (1896), pp. 39–40.</ref> but it fell on 25 January 1646 to Col. [[Robert Hammond (English army officer)|Robert Hammond]]. The castle was badly damaged in the assault and remained, in places, open to the elements until the early 1700s when it was repaired by [[Sir William Courtenay, 2nd Baronet]] (d. 1735).<ref>French, p. 19.</ref>