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  2. Magna Carta - Wikipedia

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    Magna Carta Cotton MS. Augustus II. 106, one of four surviving exemplifications of the 1215 text Created 1215 ; 810 years ago (1215) Location Two at the British Library ; one each in Lincoln Castle and in Salisbury Cathedral Author(s) John, King of England His barons Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury Purpose Peace treaty Full text Magna Carta at Wikisource Part of the Politics series ...

  3. Magna Carta: The True Story Behind the Charter - Wikipedia

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    In the documentary, Starkey argues that Magna Carta is a foundational stone of the rule of law and a basis constitutions because he believes states tends towards being "arrogance, corruption and conflict with its people", while the citizens tend towards being “disorderly, irrational and bloody-minded”. Starkey writes that Magna Carta is ...

  4. William de Mowbray - Wikipedia

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    William de Mowbray (c. 1173 –c. 1224), lord of Thirsk and Mowbray, was a Norman lord and English noble who was one of the twenty-five executors of Magna Carta. He was described as being as small as a dwarf but very generous and valiant. [1]

  5. Stephen Langton - Wikipedia

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    Stephen Langton (c. 1150 – 9 July 1228) was an English cardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1207 until his death in 1228. The dispute between King John of England and Pope Innocent III over his election was a major factor in the crisis which produced the Magna Carta in 1215.

  6. Right to petition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Historically, the right can be traced back [2] to English documents such as Magna Carta, which, by its acceptance by the monarchy, implicitly affirmed the right. 14 Edw III Statute 1 Chapter 5 (1340) [6] put petitioning on a formal statutory footing. It required that a Commission be provided at every Parliament to "hear by petition delivered to ...

  7. Richard de Montfichet - Wikipedia

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    He was one of the twenty-five barons appointed to enforce the observance of Magna Carta, and as a prominent member of the party was excommunicated by the pope in 1216. He supported Louis VIII of France both before and after John's death, and fighting at Lincoln against William Marshal on 20 May 1217 was then taken prisoner.

  8. Great Charter of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Magna Carta Hiberniae 1216 [1] (or the Great Charter of Ireland) is an issue of the English Magna Carta (or Great Charter of Liberties) in Ireland. King Henry III of England 's charter of 1216 was issued for Ireland on 12 November 1216 but not transmitted to Ireland until February 1217 ; it secured rights for the Anglo-Norman magnates in ...

  9. Roger Clifford, 5th Baron Clifford - Wikipedia

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    Arms of de Clifford: Chequy or and azure, a fesse gules Roger de Clifford, 5th Baron de Clifford, 9th Lord Clifford, 5th Baron of Westmoreland (10 July 1333 [1] – 13 July 1389), was the son of Robert de Clifford, 3rd Baron de Clifford (d. 20 May 1344), second son of Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford (1273–1314), the founder of the northern branch of the family.