Northern Barons
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the northern barons · his northern magnates · northern knights · the malcontents scattered through the north of England
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Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John (English)
The northern barons in 1213 declared that they owed no service whatsoever out of England.
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Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
The barons of northern England, repeatedly identified as the most persistent and militant opponents of King John's fiscal and feudal demands.
The northern barons took the lead.
The northern barons, who had already refused to serve in person, now refused likewise to pay the scutage.
On 25th August, after John had set out with his mercenaries to punish his northern magnates, Stephen Langton held a meeting with the great men of the south.