Bampton Castle in Oxfordshire was held by rebel barons in the early phase of the Anarchy before the main conflict crystallized around Stephen and Matilda. King Stephen besieged it in 1136 as part of his initial efforts to impose order on the kingdom. The siege demonstrated Stephen's energy in the early years before the civil war consumed the realm.
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