[1] The fridaie before Candlemasse day, Rafe Co [...] Sauarie de Mauleon, and other capteines of the kings side, laid siege to the castell of Colchester, but hauing intelli|gence that the barons which laie at London made forward with all speed to come to succour that castell, on the Wednesday after Candlemasse day, being the third of Februarie, they raised their siege, and went backe towards S. Edmundsburie.