To deny Agree_or_refuse_to_act the Royalists access to this , in January 1642 Sir John Hotham was ordered Arranging by Parliament to seize Conquering Hull .

In April 1642 Hotham refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to admit Charles I to Hull .

Later he promised Commitment his prisoner , Lord Digby , that he would surrender Surrendering the city to the king , but when Charles appeared Presence again , after travelling Traveling to Beverley ( a walled medieval town some 8 – 10 miles away which was an armoury ) to collect Come_together more soldiers , Hotham refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act a second time and drove Self_motion away the besiegers .

Charles took Creating great personal affront to these actions , and declared Expressing_publicly Hotham a traitor .