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24/04/2023

Raging like a lion – by David Pilling

In April 1264, after the royalist victory at Northampton, Simon de Montfort laid siege to Rochester. According to Rishanger, Simon was determined to redress the balance of the war - "raging like a lion deprived of his whelps".

He bombarded Rochester with all kinds of new-fangled siege engines, of which the English were apparently ignorant. The defence was conducted by Earl Warenne, assisted by Hugh Percy, Roger Leyburn and John Fitz Alan. They repelled the first Montfortian assault, but then Simon forced his way across the river by drifting a fireship, loaded with combustibles, against the bridge.

While the defenders retreated to the castle, Simon's troops poured into the town. On 18 April, Good Friday, they plundered churches, pursued and hacked down fugitives even to the very altars; many parts of the cathedral buildings were occupied as stables.

Simon and his ally, Gilbert de Clare, now attacked the castle from two sides at once. The defenders were on the point of surrender, when news arrived of the rapid approach of the king's army.

The royalist vanguard was led by Lord Edward. He had already captured Nottingham and steamed south at furious speed, leaving a trail of plunder, fire and slaughter in his wake. Hoping to capture London, he directed his forces there, only to find that Simon had hurriedly withdrawn to the capital. The rebel earl entered the capital on the morrow of St Mark, 23 April.

Frustrated, Edward made an unexpected dash across the Thames at Kingston, and charged towards Rochester at a tearing pace. He appeared before the town just five days after leaving Nottingham. Simon's rearguard, left behind to blockade Rochester, was blown to pieces; the few survivors cruelly maimed of their hands and feet - 'manibus et pedibus mutilatos'.

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