Wallingford was the last Anarchy stronghold loyal to Henry of Anjou (the future Henry II). Stephen besieged it in 1152–53 but his own barons refused to fight — exhausted by decades of civil war. The stand-off led directly to the Treaty of Winchester (1153) by which Stephen recognised Henry as his heir. The Anarchy ended not with a decisive battle but with war-weariness and negotiation.
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