John of Gaunt III's rule was becoming unpopular due to high taxation and his affair with Alice Perrers, political opinion closely associated the Duke of Lancaster with the failing government of the 1370s. Furthermore, while King Edward and the Prince of Wales were popular heroes due to their successes on the battlefield, John of Gaunt had not won equivalent military renown that could have bolstered his reputation. Although he fought in the Battle of Nájera (1367), for example, his later military projects proved unsuccessful. When Edward III died in 1377 and John's ten-year-old nephew succeeded as Richard II of England, John's influence strengthened.
He Was Too Good to Me Kingston Trio album called Something Special released in 1962 with orchestral accompaniment which was unusual for the group.This song was also recently released by Bob Shane, of the Kingston Trio, on his new album "The World Needs a Melody". LP Capitol ST 1747 He Was Too Good to Me "He Was Too Good to Me" is a song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. It was introduced in the tryouts of their 1930 Broadway musical "Simple Simon", but was dropped before the show's New York opening. Despite its inauspicious beginning, the song has become a jazz