Woman of the Day Lady Blanche Arundell, born in 1583, led her household and 25 men in the defence of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire after Parliamentarian forces laid siege to it and continuously bombarded it night and day for six days. She was forced to surrender OTD in 1643.… pic.twitter.com/QdOxpUkHbh
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