seized vs captured

[Roman45]

hello everyone!
in the following sentence "in 1484 it was _______ by Richard III " what should i put - seized or captured?
thanks in advance.

[Mister Micawber]

What is 'it'?
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[Haihao]

Possibly,

In 1484, Scarborough Castle was seized by Richard III.

[Mister Micawber]

If it was defended militarily, then use 'captured'; if it was inhabited by non-combatants, then use 'seized'.
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[Haihao]

I'd think it was the latter. Actually it was a move-in.

[Beeesneees]

It shouldn't be 'seized' or 'captured' as he didn't take the castle by force.

Richard III and his wife, Queen Ann, resided at the castle for a while, having been granted both the castle and the Lordship of Scarborough in September 1474. He stayed at the castle twice for short periods in 1484, Early in the year, he supervised the outfitting of his ships, and he later returned, to take charge of their rearming and revictualing.

Roman - you will give the wrong impression if you use 'seized' or 'captured' in that sentence, and I suggest you rewrite it. If that is not possible then you would need to write:
"in 1484 it was visited by Richard III."
for it to be historically accurate.
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[Haihao]

Exactly, BN. Actually I was first thinking "in 1484 it was inhabited by Richard III.", but I didn't have that choice.

[Mister Micawber]

Ah, the dangers of lack of context...but do we know that's what Roman is referring to? Maybe 'it' means his broadsword or something.
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[Haihao]

Then, "in YYYY it was X-ed by Richard III" is all possible.

[Roman45]

Actually the whole sentence was "Only twice did Bodiam feature in serious conflict when in 1484 it was _______ by Richard III and in 1645 during the Civil War when attacked by the parliamentarian troops of Sir William Waller, which left it partially ruined". Now i see "captured" is the word

[Beeesneees]

That'll teach us lessons all round then.

It would be helpful if you were to post the context rather than a snippet - and we shouldn't second-guess you! :-)

Glad it's sorted.
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