Barnard Castle on the Tees was the caput of the Balliol family and a key fortress of the north-east. During the Anarchy it was contested between the claims of Stephen and Matilda as their Scottish allies pressed south. Its successful defence kept the Tees valley and the road to the north in baronial rather than royal hands during the worst years of the civil war.
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