Ranulf of Chester was the most powerful baron of the Anarchy and played both sides. When he defected back to Stephen after the disaster at Lincoln 1141, his castles including Coventry became contested. The siege illustrates the volatile baronial loyalties that characterised the civil war.
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.
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