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From 1642 to 1646 Oxford was the capital of Royalist England and headquarters of the king's army. Charles I took over the city and university, exploiting their resources to finance military campaigns. The King lodged at [[Christ Church]] and the Queen at [[Merton College]].
From 1642 to 1646 Oxford was the capital of Royalist England and headquarters of the king's army. Charles I took over the city and university, exploiting their resources to finance military campaigns. The Ling lodged at [[Christ Church]] and the Queen at [[Merton College]].
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From 1642 to 1646 Oxford was the capital of Royalist England and headquarters of the king's army. Charles I took over the city and university, exploiting their resources to finance military campaigns. The Ling lodged at Christ Church and the Queen at Merton College.

In general the university supported the king, while several leading townsmen fled to Abingdon when the Royalists arrived. Most citizens kept a low profile and benefited from the presence of the court. Silver plate from the colleges was turned into coins by the mint at New Inn Hall; munitions were stored in New College cloisters; and captured Parliamentarians were imprisoned in the castle. Elaborate defensive earthworks were thrown up around the city, destroying property particularly in the St Clement's area. An accidental fire in 1644 swept through the area between George Street and St Ebbe's.

By 1646 the war was over and Oxford surrendered to a Parliamentary army on 24 June, the king having escaped in disguise two months previously. In 1651 the military ordered that the city's defences should be destroyed.

The university took advantage of the situation and making Oliver Cromwell chancellor, and also seized the initiative on the restoration of Charles II in 1660. In this period the what was to become know as the Royal Society was formed by mathematicians and scientists meeting at Wadham College.


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