The Siege of Exeter in 1136 was the first major castle siege of the Anarchy. Baldwin de Redvers held out for three months against Stephen but was eventually forced out when the castle well ran dry. His subsequent exile and defection to Matilda began a chain of events that would draw Empress Matilda herself to England.
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