Lancaster struck Warenne's Yorkshire estates near Pontefract and sent forces against Sandal and Conisbrough castles. Conisbrough's garrison numbered only six men, including the town miller and three men-at-arms from the same family. They offered little more than token resistance, although the three brothers were fined for drawing blood. Damage to the inner-bailey chapel is inferred from Lancaster's later order to repair its roof. These details give a concrete picture of garrison scale, local participation, and the limited violence of a short castle seizure.
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Six defenders at Conisbrough Castle
Lancaster's seizure of Conisbrough took less than two hours against a six-man garrison, leaving a rare glimpse of the people and damage behind a magnate's private war.