That clause related to the rights of 25 barons to oversee the rights granted to them in Magna Carta, and if the chief justice or any of his officials "offend[ed] in any respect against any man ...

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that a group of noblemen presented the first version of Magna Carta to King John at Runnymede, just over 20 miles west of London on the River Thames. In the charter, the barons of England’s ...

The barons just had to pay up ... and demanded he sign a peace treaty Magna Carta. John agreed, and for the first time the principle was established that the king was subject to the laws of ...

Let’s keep Magna Carta alive. Because – as those barons showed, all those years ago – what we do today will shape the world, for many, many years to come.

To try to keep the peace with rebellious barons and landowners, King John agreed to the Magna Carta in 1215. It was the first written document that established the rule of law and limited the king ...

A key manuscript in English history, the Magna Carta is a charter of citizens' rights ... as a means of ending an uprising by rebel barons. Prosecutors said when questioned by police Royden ...