Stephen, King of England of their castles in England. This threat was backed up by the arrest of the bishops, with the exception of Nigel who had taken refuge in Devizes Castle; the bishop only surrendered after Stephen besieged the castle and threatened to execute Roger le Poer. The remaining castles were then surrendered to the King. Stephen's brother, Henry of Blois, was alarmed by this, both as a matter of principle, since Stephen had previously agreed in 1135 to respect the freedoms of the church, and more pragmatically because he himself had recently built six castles and had no desire to be treated
Stephen King (conservationist) Stephen King (conservationist) Stephen King is a New Zealand conservationist. He is well known for his tree top protest in what is now the Pureora Forest Park in order to halt native forest logging during campaigning in the 1970s and 1980s. King also is involved in the protection of kauri trees in the Waipoua Forest. King is one of the patrons of the New Zealand Trust for Conservation Volunteers and is one of the founding trustees of the Waipoua Forest Trust. Stephen King was sentenced to four months community detention in 2010 for possession of objectionable images, including child pornography.