Scarborough Castle on its dramatic headland was a formidable royal fortress. After the Anarchy, several castellans in the north had held castles in defiance of royal authority. Henry II moved to reassert control of northern strongholds and Scarborough was besieged and its garrison compelled to submit. The subjugation of these castles was part of Henry II s wider campaign to destroy unlicensed adulterine castles.
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