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- youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216)
How To Use King John In A Sentence
- The first known record of Royal Maundy took place here, when King John fed and clothed 13 paupers in 1210.
- His defence that King John had disafforested Brewood saved his life and he escaped with only a fine.
- Henry disafforested land that King John and Henry II had afforested. The Charter of the Forest in 1217 relaxed Forest Laws - there was no more death and mutilation for Forest offences.
- King John's charter of 1201 empowered the lord warden of the stannaries to try all cases except land, life, or limb.
- By 1216 the castle was sufficiently strong to withstand a siege by forces opposed to King John.
- Chris hesitates for a beat before rushing up and knocking Johnnie down in a quick flurry of shots.
- King John was keen to fight; the States General gave him the means for carrying on war, by establishing the odious "gabelle" on salt, and other imposts. Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
- His archiepiscopate was filled with quarrels with his cathedral clergy and, from 1207, with King John.
- The point is the baronage was not united against King John, and of the knightage only a small percentage was in revolt.
- Yes, and bringing them to shore he led them, unerring, to the wooden cross above the beach; and there, over the grave of these lovers, Zarco took seizin of the island in the name of King John of Portugal, Prince Henry, and the Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756
