Newark Castle on the Trent was a royalist stronghold during the First Barons War. French and baronial forces sought to control it to command the Trent crossing and the main north road. King John died at Newark in October 1216, dramatically changing the political situation. The castle's garrison held and it served as a royalist base even while the king lay dying within its walls.
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