The Rochester Castle Under Siege in 1215

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The Rochester Castle Under Siege in 1215

When king John first became king in 1199 he owned nearly as much land

in France as he did in England. By 1204 john had lost much of his

French territory, including Normandy. This was partly the fault of

Richard the lionheart, who was the king before John. Richard had made

his nobles in France angry because he took so much money from them and

many of them were tired of being ruled by an English king. Some of

these nobles thought that a man called Arthur of Brittany would be a

better ruler or them than john.

The people in France who did not like the idea of john as their new

ruler soon went to war against him. At first things went well for john

in the struggle and he captured many of his enemies, including Arthur

of Brittany. After the death of Arthur the war began to go badly for

john. By 1204 he had abandoned Normandy and he was forced to flee back

to England.

Like his father, Henry II, john spent a lot of his time arguing with

the church leaders about how far the king should be able to tell the

church what to do. It was unfortunate for john that the pope of the

time, innocent III, was very strong-minded and thought that kings

should do as he told them. When the archbishop Canterbury died in

1205, king john and the pop argued about who should get the job next.

Both men were stubborn, and neither would give way. After three years

of angry disagreement the pope decided to take action. In 1208 he

ordered all the clergymen in England to stop work. The church strike

went on from 1208 to 1213. In an age when nearly everybody believed in

Christianity, and usually went to church, it was ver...

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...se he was on the side of the

barons who had already rebelled. As Rochester castle was a strategic

position he didn't want this to be a baron stronghold.

Before king john signed the Magna Carta there was a great unrest in

the country. Many people did not believe that john could run the

country. On the 25th of May 1215 king john asked that the castle be

handed over to a royal constable and be returned to the archbishop

only when the country was at peace again. On the 15th of June 1215,

soon after the signing of the Magna Carta the castle was restored to

Langton. But when the civil war broke out again the king told Langton

to return to the original agreement and to transfer the castle to the

bishop of Westminster, royal supporter. This time Langton refused to

move out of the castle. Then the 2nd civil war started.

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