... of the rebel commander who had defended Kenilworth Castle so strenuously against the Royal assaults in 1266 after the battle of Evesham. But it was characteristic of King Edward's insistence on strict legal procedure that he at once appointed a Commission ...

... person buried in the church was Henry de Hastings, Monttort, who com- a follower of Simon de manded the rebels after the Battle of Evesham when they were besieged for six months in Kenilworth Castle in 1266. The church was fur a time the resting-place of the ...

... Montfort took his title, and away to the southwest they had the battle-field of Evesham where Simon de Montfort. marching from Worcester to Kenilworth, laid down his life, and was to Evesham that, for maiiv generations after his death, pilgrims from all ...