Blood Cries Afar (67 page)

Effigy of John from his tomb at Worcester Cathedral. His heart was not buried with him: it was taken from his deathbed corpse by a leading churchman. (Photograph by Mr Christopher Guy, Worcester Cathedral Archaeologist)

William Marshal’s castle at Pembroke, Wales. With his other mighty royalist fortress on the Welsh border at Chepstow, the rebels and French made little permanent headway in the west. (Author)

Effigy of William Marshal from his tomb, Temple Church, London. (Author, by kind permission of The Temple Church, London)

The coronation of the boy king, Henry III. (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge)

The ruined keep of Odiham Castle, where a garrison of only thirteen men bravely held up Louis’s forces for a fortnight. (Author)

A surgeon removing an arrow. Bows and crossbows were the deadliest weapons at sieges, as a leading rebel commander found out to his cost, shot through the middle of his forehead with a crossbow bolt. (Trinity College, Cambridge)

Plan of the city of Lincoln in the early thirteenth century. (Frances Hill,
Medieval Lincoln
)

The notorious royalist mercenary captain Falkes de Bréauté at St Albans. The town and abbey were pillaged by both sides during the invasion. Low-born and foreign, Falkes was a much hated military and poitical figure. (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge)

Royalist troop movements at the Battle of Lincoln according to Professor David Carpenter. The Battle of Lincoln was the major land engagement of the invasion. (David Carpenter,
The Minority of Henry III
)

The north gate of Lincoln Castle, scene of some fierce fighting. (Author)

View along the battlements of Lincoln Castle towards the keep, from where the redoubtable Nicola de la Haye conducted a lengthy defence against French and rebel forces. (Author)

Postern gate at Lincoln Castle. (Author)

East gate and wall of Lincoln Castle, directly facing the cathedral. Troops poured out of this gate in retreat. (Author)