In the autumn, the King started to apply pressure targeted on Bartholomew, probably partly because many of his manors were closer to London than those of magnates such as Lancaster and partly because of anger at the disloyalty of his own household steward. Edward took control of Dover Castle and forbade Bartholomew entrance to the county of Kent, an injunction that he promptly breached. Bartholomew then returned to Witney, Oxfordshire, where a tournament attended by many of his new allies was being held. When returning to London from a pilgrimage to Canterbury, the Queen did not take the most direct route but detoured to Leeds Castle, where she and her armed retinue demanded access, precipitating the siege and its aftermath that is described in detail in the article about Bartholomew's wife.
In the autumn the King started to apply pressure targeted on Bartholomew probably partly because many of his manors were closer to London than those of magnates such as Lancaster and partly because of anger at the disloyalty of his own household steward Edward took control of Dover Castle and forbade Bartholomew entrance to the county of Kent an injunction that he promptly breached Bartholomew then returned to Witney Oxfordshire where a tournament attended by many of his new allies was being held When returning to London from a pilgrimage to Canterbury the Queen did not take the most direct route but detoured to Leeds Castle where she and her armed retinue demanded access precipitating the siege and its aftermath that is described in detail in the article about Bartholomew's wife