The final act of the Second Barons' War. The "Disinherited" — de Montfort sympathisers who had lost their lands after Evesham — held the Isle of Ely as a last refuge. Edward blocked all routes by land and sea, then negotiated a lenient settlement under the Dictum of Kenilworth terms. The surrender of Ely formally ended the war and de Montfort's political legacy — though his constitutional innovations endured.
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