Traitor at the Gate: who was Sir John Hotham, the man who closed the gates of Hull?
On 23 April 1642, a herald appeared at the gates in the fortifications of Hull that led to the road to nearby Beverley. He called on the governor, Sir John Hotham, to open the gates and admit the King, Charles Stuart, who was nearby with 300 troops. Hull was a strategic port and site of an…