King John (play) King John (play) The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England. It is believed to have been written in the mid-1590s but was not published until it appeared in the First Folio in 1623. King John receives an ambassador from France who demands with a threat of war, that he renounce his throne in favour of his nephew, Arthur, whom the French King Philip believes to be the
Henry King (poet) of her husband. His second son, Henry, died 21 February 1669; his eldest son, John, died 10 March 1671. King wrote many elegies on royal persons and on his private friends, who included John Donne and Ben Jonson. A selection from his "Poems and Psalms" was published in 1843. Henry King (poet) Henry King (1592 – 30 September 1669) was an English poet who served as Bishop of Chichester. The elder son of John King, Bishop of London, and his wife Joan Freeman, he was baptised at Worminghall, Buckinghamshire, 16 January 1592. He was educated at Lord Williams's School, Westminster