First Barons' War
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Sep 14, 2026
EdenHOST
Although it was intended for a peace agreement, the original Magna Carta was short-lived.
EdenHOST
Just weeks after it being sealed, Pope Innocent III annulled it at King John's request, declaring it invalid and plunging England into the First Barons' War.
EdenHOST
However, his young son, Henry III, eventually reissued the charter to secure, uh, the loyalty of the rebels.
EdenHOST
Over the centuries, the Magna Carta evolved from a failed peace treaty into one of the most influential constitutional documents in history.
AikenNARRATOR
He may have been a false friend.
AikenNARRATOR
They sang in the Barons' Wars.
AikenNARRATOR
They sang on the way to Lewes.
AikenNARRATOR
They sang in that march which led men to the assault at Hastings.
Kevin SchmiesingHOST
And you can hear about that and Cardinal Stephen Langton's role in episode 54.
Kevin SchmiesingHOST
But John's failure to abide by the charter led to the First Barons' War between the Crown and the Barons.
Kevin SchmiesingHOST
In 1216, England was thrown into further chaos when King John died.
Kevin SchmiesingHOST
This English Civil War and the presence of French forces were both ended though a year later with the signing of the Treaty of Lambeth, which ultimately resulted in Henry III, the nine-year-old son of John, becoming the new King of England.
speaker_4HOST
So the year is 1216.
speaker_4HOST
King John is in the middle of a civil war known as the First Barons' War.
speaker_5HOST
Mm-hmm.
speaker_4HOST
He is traveling across an area of marshland on the east coast of England known as The Wash.
AndyHOST
Instead, the country descended once more into civil war.
AndyHOST
And this conflict became known as the First Barons' War.
AndyHOST
The rebels had captured London.
AndyHOST
John still had supporters.
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AndyHOST
From the perspective of the barons, this was a betrayal.
AndyHOST
And the result was war, because that's what they do.
AndyHOST
And the First Barons' War lasted only two years, but John's death in 1216 changed the landscape politically.
AndyHOST
The rebels had been willing to support Louis of France, but many English nobles weren't comfortable with replacing their king with a French prince.
AndrewHOST
Today's episode, Baron to be Wild.
AndrewHOST
If that doesn't give it away, we'll be talking about Baron's War, which is a fantastic new, well, I can't say new, sorry.
AndrewHOST
It is an older game, but it has its second edition now that came out last year.
AndrewHOST
For me, it's a new game.
AndrewHOST
I hadn't heard of it before.
AndrewHOST
It is a medieval skirmish game by War Games Atlantic, specifically Andy Hobday and Benedict Cotten, that focuses around the First Baron's War in England.
AndrewHOST
Essentially, First Baron's War, just in a nutshell, is the period kind of 1215 to 1217, which was during the reign of King John.
AndrewHOST
Blackland was his name because originally he wasn't going to have any land, but unfortunately all of his older brothers died and he suddenly became the king.
Richard ShipNARRATOR
Warriors of the noble house of Percy born there.
Richard ShipNARRATOR
Lord Ryland, one of the twenty guardians of the Magna Charta, he who sustained the shock of arms and cheered on his vassals in the Barons' Wars.
Richard ShipNARRATOR
He too, Lord Henry de Percy, another member of that ancient race, who followed in after years the banner of King Edward into Scotland, was borne by his tall yeoman to that still and narrow bed which receives alike the prince and peasant.
Richard ShipNARRATOR
Others also followed, great in their day and filled while living with busy schemes, but of whom, as years were added, scarcely a trace remained.
Kara ShallenbergNARRATOR
The patience of the people came to an end, and there was war, the king's army fighting against Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, and his followers.
Kara ShallenbergNARRATOR
This was called the Barons' War, and it ended in a great battle at Lewes, in which the king was defeated.
Kara ShallenbergNARRATOR
After this battle, it was really Simon de Montfort who ruled the country.
Kara ShallenbergNARRATOR
Henry was indeed still king in name, but both he and his son, Prince Edward, were Simon de Montfort's prisoners.
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