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The British Library at St. Pancras, London is home to two copies of Magna Carta. One barely survived the disastrous fire which swept through the original manuscript collection of Sir Robert Cotton in 1731. Magna Carta is written on parchment, rather than paper and in Medieval Latin. It could never have been understood by anyone other than educated nobility, the clergy and of course the King.

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Lord Phillips

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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