John, King of England Winter", set in 1183, commonly present him as an "effete weakling", in this instance contrasted with the more masculine Henry II, or as a tyrant, as in A. A. Milne's poem for children, "King John's Christmas". John, King of England John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216), also known as John Lackland, was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. John lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of
John Hopton (died 1478) John Hopton (died 1478) John Hopton (about 1405-1478) was an English landowner and administrator with estates in Suffolk and Yorkshire who was active in local government during the reigns of King Henry VI and King Edward IV. He was a son of Thomas Hopton (died before 1428) and his wife Margaret, daughter of William Pert of Terrington (Tiverington in old documents ) and his wife Joan Scrope. His father was the illegitimate child of Joan Hopton, from a gentry family with lands near Swillington, and his paternal grandfather was Sir Robert Swillington, Chamberlain of the Household to John of Gaunt.