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Battle of LewesType: Attraction
Location: Lewes
DescriptionIn 1264 the Barons under Simon de Montfort defeated King Henry III during the Barons' revolt.Contact information
Facilities and additional informationAdditional informationAnglo Saxon kings had ruled by the consent of the people, but since 1066 the Norman kings had ruled as tyrants. The defeat of Henry led to England's first elected Parliament and marked the very beginning of the shift of legal powers away from the monarch and back to the common people. |