John’s efforts to raise money to regain lost lands in France exceeded the usual taxes and levies that the nobles had accepted from his predecessors. The king seized the estates, and sometimes the person, of wealthy lords or merchants and demanded hefty payments for their release.
约翰王想要筹集资金夺回在法国失去的土地，他的筹资金额超过了贵族从先人手中继承的常规税费规模。国王没收富裕贵族和商人的地产，有时连人一起劫持，要求巨额赎金。