After Evesham, a remnant force of disinherited barons under John de Vescy held out in the Isle of Axholme in Lincolnshire, using the fenland and waterways as a natural fortress in the manner of the earlier Ely resistance. Royalist forces under Henry III eventually surrounded the position. Negotiations brokered by Gilbert de Clare brought about a settlement of the Axholme resistance.
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