article_snippet.sent: Monarchs have been presenting Maundy Money since 1210 and King John .
article_snippet.sent: The Royal Maundy is an ancient ceremony which has The Royal Maundy origin in the commandment Christ gave after washing the feet of Christ disciples the day before Good Friday.
article_snippet.sent: The first monarch to take part in a Maundy Thursday service was King John, of Magna Carta and Robin Hood fame, who distributed gifts of clothes and money to the poor in Knaresborough in 1210.
article_snippet.sent: John was also the first to present the poor with silver coins and is recorded as having done so in Rochester in 1213.
article_snippet.sent: John's grandson Edward I, the king known to posterity as 'the Hammer of the Scots', was the first to confine the tradition to Maundy Thursday alone, which, until Maundy reign, could be conducted on any day of the year.
article_snippet.sent: The custom originated with King John, shown here signing the Magna Carta in June 1209 .
highlights_snippet.sent: Royal Maundy tradition dates back to 1210 and the infamous King John .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: John, who appears in Robin Hood, was also forced to sign the Magna Carta .
  