GNDCPay+the+taxes

I urged my husband to pay the taxes. The reputation of King John has spread far and wide and he is brutal. A lady I knew whose husband could not or did not pay the taxes, she and her boy were held for ransom and locked away where they were fed raw bacon until they died. I can not imagine suffering under such a miserable experience, not to mention the torture.



It is not enough, and the king has arrived at our manor to demand more money and that my husband join him in putting down the other Barons. He is a heartless man who has no mercy in his eyes. My husband can not stand the man, but he doesn't know what to do.

Well my husband now has no choice but to join King John. While out riding someone attempted to kill me. King John has reported that the assassin was a vassal of a Baron against him, and since I am in danger I have been taken by King John's forces to be "looked after and protected". Since my husband paid the taxes I am treated decently but there are others who are being tortured.

They have headed off to war, it sounds like King John is getting the worst of it from my husband's letters.

The other Barons have Won, My husband unfortunately has died but the king was forced to sign the Magna Carta and before he passed on my husband signed it as well. It is a day in history.



I am terribly saddened by my husbands death, but also have recently heard that King John has died as well, replaced by King Henry. I have also been courted by the new King's Brother Richard. While it is only five months after my husband has died I am choosing to marry Richard, he is a good man, and I can't hope to find a better match.


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