 The inhabitants gave £500 to prevent the Parliamentary soldiers from plundering.In July Oswestry was besieged by the Royalists under Colonel Marrowe, but it was relieved by Sir Thomas Middleton, who took Lord Newport's eldest son, Francis, and 200 men prisoners.By August, Prince Rupert had Sir Francis Ottley replaced as royal governor of Shrewsbury by Sir Fulke Hunckes, who, becoming locally unpopular, was later that year replaced by Sir Michael Earnley.