When de Montfort's army descended from the Downs in the early morning of 14 May 1264, they swept through the town gates of Lewes in the pursuit phase after defeating the royal cavalry. Street fighting at the gates and through the town lanes was fierce as royalist infantry made stands. The garrison of Lewes Castle held out separately. De Montfort's Londoners bore the brunt of the early fighting near the gates before Prince Edward routed them.
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