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