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Leicester village. Scene of an important confrontation between the squire of a Royalist knight and local villagers who considered him an enemy of the welfare of ‘the community of the realm.’

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Lord Neuberger

Lord Neuberger

Master of the Rolls (2009-2012)

796 years ago tomorrow a reluctant, but resigned, and most definitely scheming King John was brought to Runnymede to put his seal to the Great Charter of Liberty – Magna Carta. John might have acceded to the Barons’ demands...

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