LOSER JOHN LOSES THE CROWN JEWELS

                    John was notoriously bad King of England.  His rule was so bad that the barons revolted after John broke his promises made in the Magna Carta in 1215.  The following year, John launched a whirlwind campaign to defeat them.  He marched north to confront an invading Scottish army that sided with the nobles.  After restoring his rule in the north, he headed for the south where Prince Louis of France had landed.  Things began to fall apart as barons loyal to John jumped ship.  He was rushing relieve the castle of a friendly baron.  His army took a shortcut over The Wash, an estuary noted for dangerous quicksands and tidal whirlpools.  On Oct. 12, 1216, part of his baggage train was sucked under by the incoming tide.  Apparently, the Crown Jewels were in a cart that was lost.  A chronicler stated:  “he lost all his carts, wagons, and baggage horses, together with his money, costly vessels, and everything which he had a particular regard for ; for the land opened in the middle of the water and caused whirlpools which sucked in every thing, as well as men and horses, so that no one escaped to tell the king of the misfortune.”  There is some question how much of the jewelry was actually lost.  One item that was definitely lost was the Sword of Tristram.  But St. Edward’s Crown was used in the coronation of Henry III.  John did not have long to mourn his loss because he got dysentery and died on Oct. 18.  He was 49 years old. 

https://www.historyhit.com/day-king-john-loses-crown-jewels-wash/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England#Crown_Jewels

https://www.bitesizedbritain.co.uk/lost-treasure—did-king-john-really-lose-the-crown11/