The final major confrontation of the Anarchy. Henry of Anjou marched to relieve Wallingford Castle; Stephen besieged it. The baronage on both sides refused to fight and forced their leaders to negotiate. This stalemate at Wallingford broke the deadlock that had paralysed England for eighteen years.
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