MONUMENT NO. 1391478

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John of Worcester recorded that King Stephen besieged Ludlow Castle in 1139, creating two siege castles in front of it. The Historia Anglorum gives an account of the siege.

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(1) David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the Islands. Volume II : Norfolk-Yorkshire and the islands

Note 49 Page(s)437

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Arnold T, 1879. Henrici Archidiaconi Huntendunesis Historia Anglorum, 74.

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