Kenilworth, siege of

Siege of the supporters of Simon de Montfort in Kenilworth castle by forces loyal to Henry III, July-December 1266. Part of the second Barons' War, it followed the barons' defeat at the battle of Evesham in 1265, where de Montfort had been killed. In October 1266, Henry offered peace terms in the Dictum of Kenilworth but the barons held out until December. The terms of the dictum offered the barons a chance of reconciliation with the crown and an opportunity for the dispossesed to recover the lands seized from them after Evesham.