Simon de Montfort junior was captured during Edward's dawn raid outside Kenilworth on 1 August 1265. He had barely escaped into the castle itself. Many of his knights were taken prisoner in the initial assault. His capture and the destruction of his army meant his father at Evesham the following day had no prospect of relief or reinforcement, making the outcome at Evesham inevitable.
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.
Research a location near Leicestershire