 The siege was lifted on 9 September when the Royalists left to join the attack on Gloucester.For some months afterwards an uneasy truce prevailed (although this did not stop Brilliana dispatching 40 troops to raid a Royalist camp at Knighton in Wales); however, Brilliana's health worsened and she died 29 October 1643.Following her death, the command of the garrison was put in the hands of the family doctor Nathaniel Wright and the Royalist forces began a second siege of the castle in the spring of the following year.