King John’s successor, Henry III, reissued the Magna Carta on November 12, 1216, in the hope of recalling the allegiance of rebellious barons who were supporting French King Louis VIII’s efforts to win control of England. It was reissued again in 1217, when the council reconsidered it clause by clause. In 1223 Pope Honorius III declared that the young King Henry III was old enough to make valid grants, and Henry reissued the charter in 1225.