• The Battle of Evesham (4 August 1265) was one of the two main battles of 13th century England's Second Barons' War. It marked the defeat of Simon de Montfort...
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    the Battle of Evesham. Evesham is derived from the Old English homme or ham, and Eof, the name of a swineherd in the service of Egwin, third Bishop of Worcester...
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    months and defeated the baronial leader Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. Within two years, the rebellion was extinguished and, with...
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    son, Edward, escaped from captivity to defeat de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham the following year and freed his father. Henry initially exacted a...
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    of the Battle of Evesham, in which Simon de Montfort was defeated, and in 1651 the Battle of Worcester was the last major engagement of the Wars of the...
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    Battle of Evesham. Montfort was a younger son of Alix de Montmorency and Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, a French nobleman, and leader of a...
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    However, after a rule of just over a year, de Montfort was killed by forces loyal to the king at the Battle of Evesham. The reign of Henry III is most remembered...
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    de Montfort's subsequent defeat and death at the Battle of Evesham in August 1265. Following the battle, debts to Jews were cancelled, and the records destroyed;...
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    Hugh Despenser (justiciar) (category Burials at Evesham Abbey)
    the end, and was present at the Battle of Lewes. He was killed fighting on de Montfort's side at the Battle of Evesham in August 1265. He was slain by...
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  • Montfort's political situation. Montfort was killed at the Battle of Evesham later that year, but the idea of inviting both knights and burgesses to parliaments...
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