Monarchical Power In England This time span saw England ruled by a series of Angevin Princes; Henry, Richard and John- who could claim to be the most powerful rulers in the world by overseeing 'a large composite state which stretched from Scotland to the Pyrenees.'(1). Although England was only a small part of their so called 'empire' and despite the fact that none of the princes spent very much time here, they established to some degree, a centralisation of authority which radiated from the King and the Royal Household. The strength of the baronage and the church, which had held the balance of