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unusual facts about King John



A Proper Dialogue Between A Gentleman and a Husbandman

King John, Sir John Oldcastle, and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester are listed as good men who came to bad ends for opposing the clergy.

All Saints Church, Alrewas

Alrewas at the time was a flourishing settlement in the ownership of Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia and it remained the property of King John until he granted it to Roger de Somerville to be followed by the Griffiths and later, the Turtons.

Ashley Castle

However, within fifty years, during the reign of Henry II's son King John, the castle was repaired and reinstated by William Briwere the elder.

Bramber Castle

Except for a period of confiscation during the reign of King John (1199–1216), Bramber Castle remained in the ownership of the de Braose family until the male line died out in 1326.

Colcombe Castle

The manor at the Conquest was parcel of the king's demesne, which the Conqueror gave to Robert de Mount Chardon; but being released again was by King Henry II, with the manor of Whitford, bestowed on Sir Alan Dunstanville, whose son Sir Walter Dunstanville gave it in marriage unto Sir Thomas Bassett, his nephew, younger son of the Lord Bassett, by Alice, sister of the said Walter; which gift was by consent of King John.

Cranborne Chase

The Chase was owned by the Earl of Gloucester until it passed to King John by his marriage to Gloucester's daughter, Avisa.

Crosswall

Previously the street had been named John Street, after King John.

George Russell French

The first part consisted of an identification of the dramatis personae in Shakespeare's historical plays, from King John to Henry VIII, accompanied with observations on characters in Macbeth and Hamlet, and notes on persons and places belonging to Warwickshire alluded to in several plays.

Gerald Fitzgerald, Lord of Offaly

In 1199, though receiving King John's letters of protection, he was ordered to "do right" to Maurice Fitzphilip for the lands of 'Gessil and Lega' (possibly Geashill; maybe 'Lega' is in County Laois), that he had taken from Maurice.

Gilbert fitz Roger fitz Reinfried

Gilbert fitz Roger fitz Reinfried, or Gilbert the son of Roger fitzReinfrid, (died about 1220) was an Anglo-Norman feudal baron whose administrative career in England began in the time of Henry II (1154-1189), for whom his father Roger fitzReinfrid had been steward, and continued during the reigns of Richard I, King John, and Henry III.

Hastings Castle

The Count of Eu held the castle for most of the Norman period, but King John ordered that the castle be destroyed to prevent it falling into the hands of the Dauphin Louis.

János Arany

He translated three dramas of Shakespeare into Hungarian, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet and King John, and they are considered to be some of the greatest translations into Hungarian in history; he also helped other Hungarian translators with his comments, and translated works by Aristophanes, Mikhail Lermontov, Aleksandr Pushkin, and Molière.

Locko Preceptory

In 1080, William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby granted the church of Spondon to the Leper Hospital and Brethren of St. Lazarus, at Burton Lazars in Leicestershire; This grant was later confirmed by both King Henry II and by King John.

Moses ben Isaac ha-Nessiah

The tombstone of a Rabbi Moses, son of Rabbi Isaac, was found at Ludgate, London, in the time of Elizabeth; John Stow, in his "Survey of London" stated that it came from the Jewish cemetery in Jewin Street at the time of the barons' revolt against King John in 1215.

Much Hoole

Hoole gave its name to a family in the reign of King John and the parish has been held by the Montebegon family and by others, including those of Sir Thomas Hesketh and George Anthony Legh Keck.

River Beal

1212 :, The Beal valley was recorded as part of the thegnage estate of Kaskenmoor, held on behalf of King John by Roger de Montbegon and William de Nevill.

River Neath

Here it passes close to the Norman castle, visited by King Henry II, King John and King Edward I.

Robert Bagod

Robert spent the earlier part of his career in Limerick where he served both as sheriff and constable of King John's Castle He was accused of misconduct of his official duties in 1275, but cleared of the charges; he was held in high regard by the Crown and was a friend of Robert Burnell, the Lord Chancellor of England.

Sholver

Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire since the early 12th century, Sholver was recorded in 1212 as being one of five parts of the thegnage estate of Kaskenmoor, which was held on behalf of King John by Roger de Montbegon and William de Nevill.

The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

Twain and Warner got the name from Shakespeare's King John (1595): "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily... is wasteful and ridiculous excess." Gilding gold, which is already beautiful and not in need of further adornment, is excessive and wasteful, characteristics of the age Twain and Warner wrote about in their novel.

Tommaso Gazzarini

Archbishop Langton and Saxon, English, and Norman Barons in the Abbey of Edmonsbury demand King John to confirm the Magna Carta (incomplete)

Werneth, Greater Manchester

Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire since the early 12th century, Werneth was recorded in 1212 as being one of five parts of the thegnage estate of Kaskenmoor, which was held on behalf of King John by Roger de Montbegon and William de Nevill.

William Wynne Ryland

In his later life Ryland abandoned line engraving, and introduced chalk-engraving, in which the line is composed of stippled dots, and in which he transcribed Mortimer's "King John Signing Magna Carta", and copied the drawings of the Old Masters and the works of Angelica Kauffman.


see also

Alan of Galloway

Alan is listed as one of the 16 men who counseled King John regarding the Magna Carta.

Army of God

Army of God, which fought against King John in the First Barons' War, led by the "Marshal of the Army of God" Robert Fitzwalter

Arthur Uther Pendragon

He was given the nickname "King John", because he held parties at the ruined castle at Odiham, also known as "King John's Castle".

Battle of Auberoche

Poitiers' feudal lord, the Duke of Normandy (later King John II of France), had ordered him to counterattack the English here so that Normandy was free to advance from La Réole to the North.

Dragon International Film Studios

Starring Paul Giamatti, the film focuses on the great siege of Rochester Castle when, following the signing of the Magna Carta, King John gathered an army to reclaim his power and exert bloody revenge on those who defied him.

Eleanor Plantagenet

Eleanor of Leicester, daughter of King John of England and wife of William Marshall and Simon de Montfort

Fulk FitzWarin

On 9 February 1214, when King John again set sail for Poitou, Fulk was among the barons who went with him.

Hamstead Marshall

William Marshall who became Earl of Pembroke, was a loyal knight to three kings: Henry II, Richard I, and King John, and this is when the Marshall suffix was added to the village.

Hansdotter

Karin Hansdotter (1539-1596), royal mistress of King John III of Sweden

Henry V of Iron

As a vassal of Bohemia, Henry V also participated in many ceremonies and diplomatic activities on behalf of King John and later his son and successor, Charles IV, for example in Charles's coronation on 1 September 1347 in Prague, two years later when he joined to the King's suite in a trip to Avignon and Aachen, and finally in 1355 when he travel to Italy and witnessed the King's imperial coronation in Rome.

Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent

On screen he has been portrayed by Franklyn McLeay in the silent short King John (1899), which recreates John's death scene at the end of the Shakespeare play, by Jonathan Adams in the BBC TV drama series The Devil's Crown (1978), and by John Thaw in the BBC Shakespeare version of The Life and Death of King John (1984).

Isabel de Bolebec

In 1216 King John besieged and took the Oxford's seat, Castle Hedingham, in Essex.

Jean de Clermont

His advice ignored, King John II decided to engage the English at Nouaillé-Maupertuis, south of Poitiers.

John II of France

While negotiating a peace accord, John was at first held in the Savoy Palace, then at a variety of locations, including Windsor, Hertford, Somerton Castle in Lincolnshire, Berkhamsted Castle in Hertfordshire, and briefly at King John's Lodge, formerly known as Shortridges, in East Sussex.

Lady of Sherwood

For research, Roberson used many of the same sources that she employed for Lady of the Forest, including J. C. Holt's Robin Hood, Maurice Keen's The Outlaws of Sherwood, Jim Lees' The Ballads of Robin Hood, Elizabeth Hallam's The Plantagenet Chronicles, and Robert Hardy's Longbow: A Social and Military History, as well as W. L. Warren's King John and the work Swords and Hilt Weapons.

Leszek of Racibórz

After his death, as a result of the arbitrary decision of King John of Bohemia (and despite the strong resistance of the other Piast rulers in Upper Silesia who were their closest male relatives), the Duchy of Racibórz was given to Duke Nicholas II of Opawa, who claimed the rights of his wife Anna, Leszek's oldest sister.

Taunton Castle

In 1216, Bishop Peter des Roches, a supporter of King John, defended the castle during a barons' revolt.

The King's Demons

The Doctor's claim that King John wanted the Magna Carta as much as his nobles and that he could have defeated the barons easily is historically untrue.

Disguised as King John, the Master intends that Kamelion will behave so appallingly so as to provoke a rebellion and topple the real King from his throne, thus robbing the world of Magna Carta, the foundation of parliamentary democracy.

Tomás Torres

Tomás de Torres, Portuguese astrologer teacher of King John III of Portugal

Toyota Super Corollas

Hence, when you have an Andrew Fields, Bruce King, John Irving, Abe King, Ramon Fernandez and even a Bobby Jaworski collaring the rebounds, the most common (and very entertaining) spectacle was to see a baseball pass by the rebounder to a streaking player on the break for an easy twinner.

William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber

William's wife, Maud, and eldest son, William, once captured, were allegedly murdered by King John, possibly starved to death while incarcerated at Windsor Castle and Corfe Castle in 1210.

William Longsword

William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (1176–1226), illegitimate son of Henry II, loyal to King John