Kammala jumla mai zuwa: a farkon 1642 Royalists sun kasance a Wem. Duk da haka, a lokacin yakin neman zabe a
Newbury da Gloucester an dasa garin tare da sansanin majalisar. A karkashin kulawar Sir William Brereton wani babban rami mai zurfi da fadi da kuma shinge, wanda aka karfafa ta hanyar katako da aka yi daga katako da aka yanke daga katako mai girman 50 a Loppington an jefa shi a kusa da garin don ƙarfafa shi (wasu alamun wannan sun tsira a garin). Hanyar wannan sansanin ya kasance kamar haka: ya fara ne a hasumiyar katako a kan Soulton Road, kusa da tashar yanzu, daga can ya gudu zuwa "Shrewsbury Gate" ya haye Well Walk da kasan lambun Roden House; daga nan ya gudu zuwa "Ellesmere Gate" inda rafin ya haye hanya; ayyukan ƙasa ya ci gaba a bayan Noble Street zuwa "Whitchurch Gate"; daga can zuwa "Drayton Gate" a 18 Aston Street sannan kuma zuwa hasumiyar katako. Yawancin gine-ginen da ke bayan wannan katangar an lalata su don ƙarfafa garin, don hana su amfani da su ga masu kai hari.