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
Books about Stephen King Lost Work of Stephen King: A Guide to Unpublished Manuscripts, Story Fragments, Alternative Versions and Oddities Stephen Spignesi Birch Lane Press 2000 Science and Destabilization in the Modern American Gothic: Lovecraft, Matheson, and King David A. Oakes Greenwood Press 2001 The Stephen King Universe; A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King Stanley Wiater, Christopher Golden, Hank Wagner Cemetery Dance 3/8/2001 The Modern Weird Tale S. T. Joshi McFarland 5/1/2001 The Essential Stephen King: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels, Short Stories, Movies, and Other Creations of the World's Most Popular Writer Stephen Spignesi: New Page Books 2002 Revisiting Stephen