They were in fact quietly laughing at him, for their King wished to have nothing to do with the Western world.

Another possibility is that he wished to search for other possible heirs to King Edward in Hungary.

Another legend states that in a competition of battle to become King Sancho's " Campeador ", or champion, a knight on horseback wished to challenge El Cid.

These ranged from Royalists who wished to place King Charles II on the throne, to men like Oliver Cromwell, who wished to govern with a Parliament voted in by an electorate determined by property ownership, similar to that enfranchised before the civil war, to the Levellers, influenced by the writings of John Lilburne, who wanted parliamentary government based on an electorate constituted of every head of household ( normally though not necessarily male as was acknowledged in the Putney Debates ), through to other groups with smaller followings like the Fifth Monarchists, Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers, the Ranters, and the Society of Friends ( Quakers ).

Archbishop Heriger of Mainz offered to anoint Henry according to the usual ceremony, but he refused to be anointed by a high church official — the only King of his time not to undergo that rite — allegedly because he wished to be king not by the church's but by the people's acclaim.

In practice, Magna Carta in the medieval period did not generally limit the power of kings, but by the time of the English Civil War it had become an important symbol for those who wished to show that the King was bound by the law.

The Whigs, under Lord Shaftesbury's leadership, wished to exclude the Duke of York ( who later became King James II ) from the throne due to his personal character, his Catholicism, his favouring of monarchical absolutism, his connections to France and the effects of the Popish Plot.

Rich told Fisher that for his own conscience's sake the King wished to know, in strict secrecy, Fisher's real opinion.

Near the end she wished that the friars who attended her would seek the reconciliation of the King and the Earl of Angus.

In March 1547, he secured letters patent from King Edward granting him the almost monarchical right to appoint members to the Privy Council himself and to consult them only when he wished.

The Duke was told that the King wished to see him in the private room adjoining the royal bedroom.

King Philip wished that Velázquez return to Spain ; accordingly, after a visit to Naples, where he saw his old friend Jose Ribera, he returned to Spain via Barcelona in 1651, taking with him many pictures and 300 pieces of statuary, which afterwards were arranged and catalogued for the king.

One wished to defeat the King in battle.

However the year also saw the increasing polarisation of the Parliamentary alliance between the peace party and those who wished to defeat the King in battle.

Thomas Bouchier, the Archbishop of Canterbury, asked whether he wished to see the King.

There existed a party of malcontents who wished to transfer the regency from Orléans to his cousin, the young king's uncle, King Philip V of Spain.

King Charles and his ministers wished to strengthen the conservative element in the chambers, but the laws of 1874, 1876 and 1879 only effected slight reforms pending a more thorough settlement.

The Duke was told that the King wished to see him in the private room adjoining the royal chambers.

The reason for his attack is not recorded, but he may have wished to prevent King Hlothhere of Kent from regaining control of Surrey, which had been recently brought into the Mercian orbit by Wulfhere.

As a consequence he opposed Parliament's plan in 1677 to appoint him to Lord High Admiral — on the basis that only the King should be allowed to propose such appointments — but noted that he was willing to become Admiral if the King wished him to do so.

Ruaidrí at first remained aloof from engagement with King Henry, though many of the lesser kings and lords welcomed his arrival as they wished to see him curb the territorial gains made by his vassals.

In 1127, the custody of Rochester Castle was granted to William and his successors as archbishop by King Henry, including the right to fortify the place as the archbishops wished, and the right to garrison the castle with their own men.

Donnybrook was once the location of Donnybrook Fair, a fair held from the time of King John onwards, which became notorious for drunkenness and violent disorder.

King Richard II of England meets the leaders of the revolt and agrees to reforms such as fair rents and the abolition of serfdom.

This is following years of persecution of the Knights Templar, initially started on Friday, October 13th, 1307 in collusion with King Philip " the fair " Le Bel of France.

On 20 January 1327, Edward II was informed at Kenilworth Castle of the charges brought against him: The King was guilty of incompetence ; allowing others to govern him to the detriment of the people and Church ; not listening to good advice and pursuing occupations unbecoming to a monarch ; having lost Scotland and lands in Gascony and Ireland through failure of effective governance ; damaging the Church, and imprisoning its representatives ; allowing nobles to be killed, disinherited, imprisoned and exiled ; failing to ensure fair justice, instead governing for profit and allowing others to do likewise ; and of fleeing in the company of a notorious enemy of the realm, leaving it without government, and thereby losing the faith and trust of his people.

"... King Alfonso was not very tall but well proportioned, and he was rather strong and had fair skin and hair.

In 1226, King Henry III granted the Bishop of Salisbury a charter to hold a fair lasting 8 days from the Feast of the Assumption of Mary ( 15 August ).

King John probably hunted at Peckham and local anecdotes suggest that the right to an annual fair was granted to celebrate a particularly good day's sport.

The town is also the site of King Richard's Faire, a re-creation of a 16th century English fair which is open on weekends throughout September and October.

Later, King John granted Geoffrey Fitz Peter, Earl of Essex permission to hold a fair and market in Kimbolton, as a consequence of which a market place was created, with the existing church at one end and a new castle at the other.

The Duan Albanach omits both Eochaid and Giric, jumping from " Aodh, of the white flowers " ( King Áed mac Cináeda ) to " Domhnal, son of Cusaintin the fair " ( Donald II, son of Constantine I ( Domnall mac Causantín )).

In 1204 King John granted the rights for a fair at the feast of All Saints, 1 November, and in 1258 Henry III granted the right for fair on the feast of St John the Baptist, 24 June.

King John granted Ranulph de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, the right to hold a weekly Wednesday market and an annual seven-day fair in Leek in 1207.

Nay, fair knight, said she, this is but a kitchen knave that was fed in King Arthur's kitchen for alms.

In a charter dated 7 June 1300, King Edward I granted the Bishop of Salisbury the right to hold a weekly market and an annual fair in the town.

The prison officers, or " screws " as they are called by the women, comprised the firm but fair governor Erica Davidson ( Patsy King ), flanked by the diametrically opposed dour Deputy governor Vera Bennett ( Fiona Spence ), dubbed " Vinegar Tits " by the inmates, and compassionate senior officer Meg Jackson ( Elspeth Ballantyne ).

In that same year, the town was granted a Royal charter by King Henry VIII to become a Bailiwick with the right to hold a Thursday market and a fair on Corpus Christi Day.

In 1213 King John granted them a fair to celebrate the feast of St Nicholas ( May 8 – 9 ).

The consensus among historians is that the fair probably started just after 1284, when the Charter of King Edward I referred to city fairs in Nottingham.

In 1200, a prominent local landowner, Geoffrey Fitz Peter, Earl of Essex and Chief Justice to King John, who constructed the first castle on the present site, received a Royal charter to hold a market and fair in Kimbolton.

In 1204 King John granted Charter to the Borough which permitted an annual eight-day fair, commencing on 14 August, the vigil of the Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady ( 15 August ), in which " all might enjoy the liberties and quittances customary in the fair at Winchester ".

The right to hold a market each Wednesday was granted by King Edward III to Alice de Lisle, sister of Lord Tyes and widow of Warin de Lisle, on 25 April 1332 ; a fair, lasting seven days at the Feast of St Peter ad Vincula on 1 August ; and another fair of seven days on 24 August at Mousehole for the feast of St Bartholomew – later to be held in Penzance.