King John - 1199-1216
John was the youngest son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Wikipedia:
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John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was the King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.
He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting
in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French
Capetian dynasty during the 13th century. The baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing
of Magna Carta, a document considered an early step in the evolution of the constitution of the
United Kingdom.
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Victoria History on the earthworks at Great Canfield:
While this may appear as somwhat random, the text wa taken from the Victoria History.
Fair Eddeva is taken as Edith the Fair or Edith Swanneck - Harold
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Fair Eddeva might fortify here before the Conquest . . .
or de Ver might do it during the war between Maud and Stephen . . .
or de Ver might fortify here upon King John's destroying the Bishop's Castle of Weytemore.
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Richard of Cornwall
Second son and King of the Romans from 1257 until his death in 1272
In 1242, Richard, Earl of Cornwall (1209–72) founded Hailes Abbey (Now Gloucestershire). Hailes Abbey
was the "home" of the Hailes Abbey Chronicals,
the origin of the Sir John de Botetourt suggestion
that he was the illegitimate son of Edward I.
Matthew Paris - 1200 - 1259
Historian and artist