Marlborough Castle in Wiltshire was secured by royalist forces under John in 1215 as the First Barons War began. John used Marlborough as a western base from which to project royal power into the Salisbury plain and the southwest. The castle's role in John's defensive strategy during the baronial war was significant as it anchored his position in the west while he dealt with the rebel east.
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