Here is a list of definite, possible and probable soures for King John:

  • The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland by Raphael Holinshed
  • Actes and Monuments of Martyrs by John Foxe
  • The Union of the Two Noble and Issustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke by Edward Hall
  • The English Chronicle of Radulph of Coggeshall
  • King John by John Bale
  • The Troublesome Raigne of King John, Anonymous
For more information, refer to: Bullough, Geoffrey. Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare, Volume IV: Later English History Plays. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1975.



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