re: #19 HappyWarrior

Woot. But I promise you it wasn’t the forest thing that gave it away. He’s also still the only King John in English/British history.

I’m not saying it was. But John did use those laws to evil ends and it stirred up great resentment, as it did when his son Henry III maintained them. Edward I used forest law reform as a way to alleviate public resentment, build support for the crown, and undercut the powers of the lesser nobles who had revolted against both his father and grandfather.