Rebel barons in London attempted to send relief to the besieged garrison at Rochester Castle. The relief attempt failed when it encountered John's forces and the relief party turned back. The inability to relieve Rochester demonstrated the barons could not project force beyond London against a determined royal siege.
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.
Research a location near this battlefield