We have first of all granted to God, and by this our present charter confirmed, for ourselves and our heirs in perpetuity, that the English Church is to be free ...

39. No free man is to be arrested, or imprisoned, or disseised, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any other way ruined, nor will we go against him or send ...

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1. We have first of all granted to God, and by this our present charter confirmed, for ourselves and our heirs in perpetuity, that the English Church is to ...

It is to be lawful in future for every man to depart from our kingdom, and to return to it, safely and securely, by land and water, saving our allegiance, ...

All merchants are to be safe and secure in departing from and coming to England, and in their residing and movements in England, by both land and water, for ...

Neither township nor man is to be distrained to make bridges over rivers, except those who should of old and rightfully do so. Audio commentary. Click on the ...

The king and the rebel barons negotiated a peace settlement in June 1215. The king agreed to accept the terms of Magna Carta, which is dated 15 June 1215.

Another five copies have the 1225 text but with chapters from the 1215 Charter, omitted in the subsequent versions, put back in. The high number of 1215 copies ...