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De Montfort’s supporters were besieged in the castle. Royalists defeated a relief force and captured the castle.

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Magna Carta, or as it is properly called the Great Charter of Liberty, was born on 15 June 1215 at Runnymede when King John – Bad King John as he is more commonly known – was persuaded to accede to a number of demands made...

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