Pevensey Castle in Sussex was besieged by baronial forces as de Montfort sought to secure the southeast after Lewes. The castle was held by royalists. The siege demonstrated the baronial government's attempt to consolidate control after its victory at Lewes and eliminate remaining royalist strongholds in the south.
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