But without holding the castle, you couldn't easily cross the bridge as the bridge of those days had defensive towers which were part of the castle itself- a 'watergate'. Barons captured the castle from Bishop Langton and held it against John and a seven week siege did a lot of damage to both bridgehead and castle.
King John seems to have been very good at making enemies! King Louis of France took the castle in another siege (Easy because it was so badly damaged by John's siege) shortly before John's death in 1216
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Date: 2015-09-01 03:43 pm (UTC)King John seems to have been very good at making enemies! King Louis of France took the castle in another siege (Easy because it was so badly damaged by John's siege) shortly before John's death in 1216