Hereford Cathedral boasts a modified version, a third edition of the 1215 Magna Carta, dating from 1217. It was issued by the boy king, Henry III who was 8 years old when his father, King John had a particularly bad day at work two years before. 1217 saw most of England occupied by the French under the usurper Prince Louis, this edition forming part of the subsequent peace treaty. It shows how Magna Carta had become a template for numerous revisions and amendments throughout the following centuries.
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Lord Phillips
Master of the Rolls (2000-2005)
The early settlers in the United States took with them copies of the Magna Carta. One undertaking given by King John in that Charter was as follows: No freeman shall be arrested or imprisoned or disseised or outlawed or exiled or in...
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