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The 12th century church, occupying the present-day site of Sheffield Cathedral, was destroyed in 1266 during the Second Barons' War in which [[Simon de Montfort]] led the barons against the royalist forces of [[Henry III]]. Sheffield's castle was also destroyed.

The 12th century church, occupying the present-day site of Sheffield Cathedral, was destroyed in 1266 during the Second Barons' War in which [[Simon de Montfort]] led the barons against the royalist forces of [[Henry III]]. Sheffield's castle was also destroyed.

In 1270 [[Thomas de Furnival]] received a charter from King Henry III permitting the construction of a castle at Sheffield. Thomas died soon after the castle was completed and was buried in the castle.

In 1270 [[Thomas de Furnival]] received a charter from King Henry III permitting the construction of a castle at Sheffield. Thomas died soon after the castle was completed and was buried in the castle. The castle was destroyed some 370 years later in the English Civil War, but its presence survives in the street-name ''Castlegate''.

A [[Benedictine]] priory was founded at nearby Ecclesfield in c. 1273. Ecclesfield Priory's mother church was St Wandrille's Abbey in [[Normandy]]; the church at Ecclesfield had been a possession of St Wandrille's by 1142,. when this was confirmed by a papal bull of [[Pope Innocent II]]. The priory was disestablished in 1386.

A [[Benedictine]] priory was founded at nearby Ecclesfield in c. 1273. Ecclesfield Priory's mother church was St Wandrille's Abbey in [[Normandy]]; the church at Ecclesfield had been a possession of St Wandrille's by 1142,. when this was confirmed by a papal bull of [[Pope Innocent II]]. The priory was disestablished in 1386.