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Be warned, though, as he made the trials in courts fairer because his barons made him sign the Magna Carta and he wasted money by travelling to France to fight for land he had lost and lost the battles. he also taxed his barons £600, 6 times more than the usual amount. :D He murdered his nephew as well

king john was a good king because he fed over 1000 paupers every year king john was a good king because he gave into the pope. king john was a good king because he managed to get most of the castles back.

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Although king John got a lot of undeserved bad press because of the tale of Robin Hood, he was in actual fact an able administrator, a good regent in king Richard's continuous absence and later a good king. The Robin Hood stories of him being out to rob the poor are not based on any historical fact.

Richard the Lionhearted on the contrary is pictured in Robin Hood as the 'good' king, while in reality he hated staying in England (he hardly spent any time there during his reign, preferring to remain on his estates in the south of France) and he saw England only as a source of revenue. Basically, HE should have been the bad guy in the story.

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King John was a good king because he fed over 1000 paupers every year and some would say also because he did give in to the Pope. He was also a good King because he signed the Magna Carta, however, some would say he actually signed it because he knew almost all of England hated him and feared for his life if he didn't agree.

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King john was a good king because he signed the first charter of rights and freedoms (Magna Carta) in 1215 in England. Before he punished people for his own reasons

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King John was not a good king. He only signed the Magna Carta because he had to, and when he got the chance, he disobeyed the agreements in it.

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Record keeping. There are more records surviving from King John's reign than for any previous monarch revealing the machinery of the government of England and John's staggering attention to detail. Insignficant gifts to otherwise unknown members of his household are retained along with the serious matter of kingship and government.

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In my opinion i would not agree that King John was the best on earth as he betrayed his own family and lots the crwon jewells.

However, in his life he did do somethings right - he was a very trained and skilled ship builder and made and repaired many of the boats that had been broken before hand. He was a worthy night and built up a hudge strong army too.

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Some good things King John did for England were fart and get drunk

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The major good that he did was to accede to the Magna Carta, in a power sharing arrangement with other nobles in England.

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He fed 1000 paupers (very poor people) every year.

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