High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pain fitzJohn (sometimes Payn fitzJohn,Payn FitzJohn, or Pagan fitzJohn; died 1137) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and administrator, and one of King Henry I of England`s "new men". The son of a minor nobleman, Pain, along with his brothers, rose through their ability to become important royal officials during the reign of King Henry. Pain was rewarded with marriage to an heiress in 1115, and among the lands he gained control of through his wife was Ludlow Castle, which he augmented with further land acquisitions.