Abbey of St John the Baptist, Falaise King Henry I's Latin charter of 1133 is summarised as follows in English: Confirmations of Henry I's grants were made by his descendants King Henry II (1154-1189) and by his son King John (1199-1216). Abbey of St John the Baptist, Falaise The Abbey of St John the Baptist (French: "Abbaye Saint-Jean de Falaise"), in the diocese of Séez, in Falaise, Normandy, was an Augustinian abbey for Premonstratensian Canons and hospital founded in 1127 by "Goinfrid", (French: "Gonfroy", Latin: "Gonfridus"). A pilgrim had died of hunger and exhaustion having taken shelter in a barn belonging to Goinfrid, son of Roger or
The king is dead, long live the king! the remains of the previous king descended into the vault of Saint Denis Basilica. The phrase arose from the law of —that the transfer of sovereignty occurs instantaneously upon the moment of death of the previous monarch. "The King is dead" is the announcement of a monarch who has just died. "Long live The King!" refers to the heir who immediately succeeds to a throne upon the death of the preceding monarch. At the time, French was the primary language of the nobility in England, and the proclamation was quickly taken up as ideally representing the same tradition—which in England