Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Lewes (Barons' War).

Fought May 14, 1264, between the Barons, under Simon de Montfort, and the Royalists, under Henry III and Prince Edward. The king was completely defeated, and the two parties signed an agreement, known as the Mise of Lewes, to submit the points in dispute to arbitration.