It seems necessary to provide some kind of postscript annotating the eventual fates of the primary characters of this narrative otherwise they are left suspended within the pages of history. Though the sieges of Hull were over, for the people involved it was the start or the end of many things and though strictly not within the purview of this article it seems only fair that their fates should be reviewed - however briefly.

Sir John Hotham: was incarcerated within the walls of the Tower of London upon his arrival and disembarkation of the Hercules on the 15^th July 1643. On the 30^th November he was brought before a court assembled in the Guildhall where he was charged with treachery against Parliament. Despite a vigorous defence as the evidence against him was mainly circumstantial, he was eventually found guilty and sentenced to death on the 7^th December. There were many appeals for an acquittal or at the least a remission of sentence but on the 2^nd of January 1644 he mounted the scaffold whereupon he was beheaded with a single strike of the axe.

Captain John Hotham: was similarly held in the Tower of London and similarly charged though for slightly differing offences. Also found guilty he was executed the day before his father on New Year's Day, 1644 at Tower Hill, where he declared himself innocent of all charges.

The Legard Family: suffered the death of Robert in 1648. He was succeeded by Christopher Legard who by 1649 had re-established the family coffers to the extent that he was able to purchase the manor and grange of Tranby on the west side of Anlaby. He died in the year 1666 in Surinam in Southern Central America where the family had, possibly, a sugar plantation. The direct family line became extinct with the death of Henry, a bachelor, in 1819.

Sir John Meldrum: After the Siege of Hull he went on to capture Gainsborough and later Cawood Castle. After Marston Moor he occupied Manchester and defeated Prince Rupert's cavalry at Ormskirk. He was killed whist attempting the capture of Scarborough Castle which eventually surrendered to Sir Matthew Boynton of this narrative.

Thomas Raikes: acted as Mayor upon the death of Peregrine Pelham in 1650. He died in 1662 but his family continued to prosper after the Restoration regardless of his loyalties to Parliament.

King Charles I: was executed at the Banqueting Hall in Whitehall, London on the 29^th January 1649. Sir Thomas Fairfax was not a signatory on the death warrant, Oliver Cromwell was.

Lord Ferdinando Fairfax: suffered a defeat at the otherwise successful Battle of Marston Moor though he was the first to send news of the victory to both Hull and London. In 1647 he retired to the family home at Denton where he died of septicaemia caused by a foot infection the following year.

Sir Thomas Fairax: Because of his undoubted military capabilities he was in 1645, called upon to form and train The New Model Army and became its first Commander in Chief. He was created nominal Governor of Hull in 1646. He and Cromwell became the leaders and most influential men in the country but he refused to sign the death warrant of the king thereby creating a breach between the two men. In 1650 he retired to Nunappleton only to be called to action once more ten years later. This time he backed the claim of Charles II thereby making the Restoration of the monarchy almost certain. He died in the Royal Favour in November 1671.

Oliver Cromwell: became the commander of the New Model Army under Thomas Fairfax and was instrumental in the victory at the Battle of Naseby 14^th June 1645. He was a signatory to the death warrant of Charles I after whose execution Cromwell became the chairman of the Council of State. After he dissolved Parliament he was declared Lord Protector on the 16^th December 1653. He was offered the Crown in 1657 but refused it at the same time as securing the position of Lord Protector for his son, Richard. He died in September 1658. His remains were disinterred from Westminster Abbey after the Restoration in 1660. They were suspended from gallows at Tyburn and subsequently buried there.

Andrew Marvell: aas educated at the Grammar School in Hull and was abroad during the period 1642-46. He was a poet, historian and tutor and in January 1659 became a Member of Parliament for Hull and died in 1678.

The Village of Anlaby: was presumably quickly re-inhabited. It continues today a quiet community now separated from the encroaching suburbs of Hull by a few small fields called "The Common". The Common is about 100m distant from the site of the old Legard manor houses and would have borne witness to several of the herein contained events. The road from Hull is still elevated to keep it from flooding though drainage systems have reduced the necessity. The fields close by still flood in wet winters.