Lidgate Castle in Suffolk was one of the numerous minor fortifications contested during the First Barons War in East Anglia, as barons loyal to the Magna Carta cause seized whatever strongholds they could against royal forces.
Uncertain forces; minor siege c.300–1,000 per side.
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