Following the Provisions of Oxford in 1258, the baronial council attempted to enforce the provisions by seizing royal castles and replacing royalist sheriffs and constables. In 1260 Henry III tried to repudiate the Provisions. Baronial commissioners conducted armed transfers of castle garrisons. The process created dozens of small local confrontations as royalist constables resisted being replaced.
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