The skirmish at Chesterfield in May 1266 was the last significant military action of the Second Barons War. Simon de Montfort the Younger had continued resistance after his father\'s death at Evesham, raiding through the Midlands. A royalist force surprised the rebel leaders while they were at a market in Chesterfield church — apparently complacently assuming safety. De Montfort the Younger escaped briefly but was subsequently captured. The action ended the last coherent Montfortian military resistance, though the siege of Kenilworth continued until December 1266.
Royalist: cavalry under Henry of Almain. Rebel: Simon de Montfort the Younger with Montfortian remnants
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