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Siege of Tower of London

Name: Siege of Tower of London – England factsheet records
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England · Warfare / Barons War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1264Date range

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Chronological records

1264

Hugh Despenser25 January 1264

Tower of London · Warfare / Barons War, 2nd

Londoners join Despenser who hold the Tower & burn the manor of the King of the Romans

Names involved

Hugh Despenser

Provenance

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