Windsor Castle was subject to the baronial programme of replacing royalist constables under the Provisions of Oxford. Henry III recovered Windsor in 1261 when he obtained papal absolution from the Provisions. The recovery of Windsor was a key moment in Henry III's reassertion of royal authority before the outbreak of open war. It required a show of armed force against the baronial garrison.
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