his absolutism and death, [305].

John, accession of, [48];

early taxation, [49-50];

his scutages, [50-52];

break with the pope, [51];

antagonism of the clergy, [55];

his death, [72].

King, Anglo-Saxon, personal leader and lord of national land, [3-4];

his sources of income, [3-5].

Knights of the shire, summoned to Parliament by Simon de Montfort and Henry III, [99-100];