One of the decisive late-Anarchy engagements. Stephen took the newly-built Angevin castle at Faringdon and repelled a relief force. The loss of Faringdon weakened the Empress's power base in the Thames Valley and marked the effective end of her military capacity in England. She left for Normandy the following year, never to return.
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