Stephen's soldiers are rubbed with honey, illustration from 'The History of the Nation' by Richard Caton II Woodville
© Bridgeman Art Library / Private Collection / The Stapleton Collection
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Robert Fitzherbert captured Devizes castle from Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, a supporter of King Stephen, in 1140; the captured troops were covered with honey and left in the sun so bees stung them; he refused to give up the castle to the Earl of Gloucester and was subsequently hung;
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