3-021-689 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Town and Camp of Colchester: the Castle, 1869. 'The interesting town of Colchester...is, beyond all question, one of the most ancient places of historical importance in Britain, as it was the Roman colony of Camulodunum - "the first Roman city in the island," says Mr. Thomas Wright, "that was honoured with the name of Colonia."...the ruins of the castle, standing on the north side of High-street [have a high degree of interest. The castle] was founded by Eudes de Rie, or Eudo Dapifer, steward to William Rufus. This castle is associated with an incident of the Civil Wars of the seventeenth century...Royalists were at length compelled to surrender at discretion, or, at least, with only the guarantee of the lives of the soldiers and inferior officers. But Lord Goring was reserved to be dealt with by the Parliament, as was, too, Lord Capel, who was with him at Colchester. The two officers next to these, Sir George Lisle and Sir Charles Lucas, were conducted outside the castle walls and there shot'. From "Illustrated London News", 1869.