A 13th-century depiction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lincoln_(1217)" class="extiw" title="w:Battle of Lincoln (1217)">Second Battle of Lincoln</a>, which occurred at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Castle" class="extiw" title="w:Lincoln Castle">Lincoln Castle</a> on 20 May 1217 during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barons%27_War" class="extiw" title="w:First Barons' War">First Barons' War</a> between the forces of the future <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_VIII_of_France" class="extiw" title="w:Louis VIII of France">Louis VIII of France</a> and those of King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_III_of_England" class="extiw" title="w:Henry III of England">Henry III of England</a>. Louis' forces were attacked by a relief force under the command of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshal,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke" class="extiw" title="w:William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke">William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas,_Count_of_Perche" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas, Count of Perche">Thomas, Count of Perche</a>, who was commanding the French troops, was killed; the illustration depicts his death. Perche had come to England to try and recover the honour of Perche which had been lost in 1204 by his mother (a niece of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England" class="extiw" title="w:John, King of England">John, King of England</a>) – this included <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbury,_Berkshire" class="extiw" title="w:Newbury, Berkshire">Newbury</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrivenham" class="extiw" title="w:Shrivenham">Shrivenham</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire" class="extiw" title="w:Berkshire">Berkshire</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toddington" class="extiw" title="w:Toddington">Toddington</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckinghamshire" class="extiw" title="w:Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haughley" class="extiw" title="w:Haughley">Haughley</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk" class="extiw" title="w:Suffolk">Suffolk</a>. This heavy defeat led to Louis being expelled from his base in the southeast of England.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Matthew_Paris" class="extiw" title="w:en:Matthew Paris"><span title="medieval English chronicler and artist (c.1200-1259)">Matthew Paris</span></a>
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/normans/images/battle-of-lincoln.jpg">[2]</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Paris" class="extiw" title="w:Matthew Paris">Matthew Paris</a> (1240–1253), <i>Chronica Majora</i>, volume II, folio 51v (55v), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Computer_Library_Center" class="extiw" title="w:Online Computer Library Center">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9980090">9980090</a>.