Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Tower of London' has mentioned 'Siege' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| The royal bow-maker, responsible for making longbows, crossbows, catapults, and other siege and hand weapons, had a workshop in the Bowyer Tower. | WIKI |
| Longchamp capitulated to John after just three days, deciding he had more to gain from surrender than prolonging the siege. | WIKI |
| In 1214, while the king was at Windsor Castle, Robert Fitzwalter led an army into London and laid siege to the Tower. | WIKI |
| Although under-garrisoned, the Tower resisted and the siege was lifted once John signed the Magna Carta. | WIKI |
| Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, marched on London in April 1267 and laid siege to the castle, declaring that custody of the Tower was "not a post to be trusted in the hands of a foreigner, much less of an ecclesiastic". | WIKI |
| [80] Despite a large army and siege engines, Gilbert de Clare was unable to take the castle. | WIKI |
| [82] Edward I was a seasoned castle builder, and used his experience of siege warfare during the crusades to bring innovations to castle building. | WIKI |
| The number of guns at the Tower was reduced from 118 to 45, and one contemporary commentator noted that the castle "would not hold out four and twenty hours against an army prepared for a siege". | WIKI |