Gloucester was the most important Angevin city in England, the power base of Robert of Gloucester who was Matilda half-brother and chief military supporter. Stephen besieged it without success in 1139. Its continued resistance anchored Matildine power in the west of England.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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