After King Stephen arrested Roger of Salisbury and his family at Oxford, Empress Matilda and her allies scrambled to secure Devizes Castle which Roger held. The castle was besieged by Stephen. Roger's nephew Alexander of Lincoln only surrendered it after Stephen threatened to hang Roger. A pivotal early Anarchy episode for control of the southwest.
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