Yorkshire barons were deeply involved in Magna Carta and the First Barons' War. The north was a stronghold of rebel sentiment; many Yorkshire castles were held against King John and then the young Henry III. The decisive battles of the war — Lincoln and Sandwich in 1217 — were fought elsewhere but Yorkshire's submission followed quickly. The episode shows Yorkshire's pivotal role in English constitutional history.
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