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A well-documented and hard-fought eight-week siege, again involving many aspects of siege warfare, which saw the recapture of the castle by royal forces from the lawless de Breautes. Very little of the castle remains.

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Lord Phillips

Lord Phillips

Master of the Rolls (2000-2005)

The early settlers in the United States took with them copies of the Magna Carta. One undertaking given by King John in that Charter was as follows: No freeman shall be arrested or imprisoned or disseised or outlawed or exiled or in...

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