from sitting in parliament in 1643. After the Royalist defeat at the Battle of Marston Moor, Cholmeley refused to flee the country, holding Scarborough for the king during its Great Siege, until he was forced to surrender, on very favourable terms, on 22 July 1645. His estates were sequestrated, but he later compounded for £850. Cholmeley spend time in exile, until returning to England in 1649. He wrote his memoirs before his death on 30 November 1657. It was addressed to his sons, and intended to "embalm the great virtues and perfections of their mother", who had died two years earlier. References Attribution Sources D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954) J. Foster, Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire 1600 births 1657 deaths Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of England People from Ryedale (district) Hugh English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 English MPs 1628–1629 English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1640–1648 English exiles Members of Gray's Inn People educated at Beverley Grammar School Royalist military personnel of the English Civil War Parliamentarian military personnel of the English Civil War Cholmeley baronets