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THE CROWN JEWELS | October 12, 1216
The Wash, England
A royal procession was racing against the tide across the dangerous marshlands of eastern England.
Wagons carried gold, silver, royal possessions, and perhaps even the Crown Jewels of England.
The king was already ill.
His country was torn apart by civil war.
And now the sea was closing in.
One by one, the wagons disappeared beneath the rising water.
The treasure was never recovered.
Today on The Write Team Daily, we revisit the remarkable story of King John, the loss of his royal baggage train in The Wash, and the centuries-old mystery…
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