Royal Gov. under King John

Question 1

Where did John spend his childhood?

Answer 1

at Fontevrault Abbey

Question 2

From what year was John styled as the Lord of Ireland?

Answer 2

1177

Question 3

From what year did John act as the Lord of Ireland?

Answer 3

1185

Question 4

When was John placed into the household of Chief Justiciar Ranulf Glanville.

Answer 4

1182

Question 5

When did John attempt to asset authority in Ireland?

Answer 5

1185

Question 6

Was John’s 1185 attempt to assert authority over Ireland successful?

Answer 6

no

Question 7

When did John join Richard in rebelling against their father?

Answer 7

1189

Question 8

When and why did John allege himself with Philip?

Answer 8

1193, news had come in of Richard’s capture.

Question 9

Who did John have to battle with for succession in 1199?

Answer 9

Arthur of Brittany, Geoffrey’s son.

Question 10

What drove a wedge between John and the English Barons?

Answer 10

Lack of trust & financial instability.

Question 11

What financial strain did John enforce?

Answer 11

Costs of feudal incidents rocketed,

Scutage was raised 11 times in 16 years.

Question 12

How much did magnate indebtedness raise between 1199-1208?

Answer 12

380%

Question 13

What year was the plot on John’s life?

Answer 13

1212

Question 14

Which two barons plotted against John’s life in 1212?

Answer 14

Robert FitzWalter & Eustace de Vesci.

Question 15

What claims did Robert FitzWalter & Eustace de Vesci make against John in 1212?

Answer 15

they both pledged John had tried to seduce their female kin.

Question 16

What was the main source of royal expenditure upon John’s succession.

Answer 16

tightening grip on royal territories while Arthur challenged his rule & Philip was hostile.

Question 17

How did John use the royal demense to raise funds?

Answer 17

By selling of Shrievalties,
expanding ‘increments’ paid by sheriffs,
extracted money from sheriff’s profits.

Question 18

How much did John gain from the royal demense between 1207 and 1212?

Answer 18

£1400 per year.

Question 19

How did John use Ecclesiastical finances to raise money?

Answer 19

Via the interdict of 1208: when Bishops died, they weren’t replaced; John could keep hold of their wealth and lands.

Question 20

How much did John gain from the 1208 Interdict?

Answer 20

100,000 marks.

Question 21

How much was paid back of what John gained during the 1208 Interdict?

Answer 21

33,000 marks.

Question 22

How did John use the Barons to raise funds?

Answer 22

Scutage was raised 11 times in 16 years

Increasing the cost of feudal incidents.

Question 23

How much did the fee for obtaining wardship rise to under John?

Answer 23

314 marks.

Question 24

What was afforestation?

Answer 24

expanding royal forest subject to Forest Laws.

Question 25

How much did the Forest eyre provide John with in 1212?

Answer 25

£5000.

Question 26

How did John save money from the loss of Normandy in 1204?

Answer 26

John was then on present in England meaning there was no need for the position of Justiciar or the King’s bench.

Question 27

When was the King’s bench officially closed?

Answer 27

between 1209-1214

Question 28

What did John ruling through the chamber mean for control?

Answer 28

Control was more direct and personal.

Question 29

How did John gain money through ruling through chamber?

Answer 29

William de Mowbray offered him 2000 marks in exchange for justice.

Question 30

How did John react to William de Mowbray’s bribery?

Answer 30

He ruled against his favour yet demanded he pay in full.