Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: According to contemporary reports , John traveled from Spalding in Lincolnshire to Bishop 's Lynn , in Norfolk , was taken ill and decided to return .
Simplified: This is because , according to reports from the time , King John traveled from Spalding in Lincolnshire to Bishop 's Lynn , in Norfolk in the year 1216 . He became ill and decided to go back .