When King John died in 1216 (the year after the Magna Carta was signed), his son Henry III succeeded him (Henry III was named after his grandfather Henry II). Henry III was only nine years old when he became king, and so he pretty much had to do whatever the barons (the aristocrats) told him to. Even when he grew up, he never became a strong king, and the aristocrats were able to make him do what the Magna Carta said. Because Henry III was so weak, the Parliament (a council of the advisors of the king) became stronger. Henry III ruled for fifty-six years!

Henry III of England

When Henry III died in 1272 AD, he was succeeded by his son Edward I. Edward was a stronger king than his father, but he saw the wisdom of getting along with the aristocrats and so he also held Parliament regularly. He also got control of the courts, so that nobody could be a judge or put anyone in prison or kill them without his permission. But in his efforts to get control of his kingdom and everyone in it, Edward I also decided, in 1290, to force all the Jews living in England to leave. About 16,000 Jews left England, mostly settling in France or the Netherlands.

After Edward I came his son Edward II, who was so weak that he was kicked out of power and then killed, and then in 1312 Edward III, who took the throne at fourteen when his father was removed.

Edward III