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The Charter of Liberties, also called the Coronation Charter, or Statutes of the Realm, was a written proclamation by Henry I of England, issued upon his accession to the throne in 1100. It sought to bind the King to certain laws regarding the treatment of nobles, church officials, and individuals.
Magna Carta Libertatum (Medieval Latin for "Great Charter of Freedoms"), commonly called Magna Carta or sometimes Magna Charta ("Great Charter"), [a] is a royal charter [4] [5] of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.
A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent.Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, but since the 14th century have only been used in place of private acts to grant a right or power to an individual or a body corporate.
A liberty was formed by charter for the manor of Havering in 1465. The charter issued in 1465 by King Edward IV reconfirmed many existing rights. The event was celebrated by the issue of a copper token for currency in the late 18th century, which uniquely among the many coins of that era bears the date 1465.
Charter of Liberties to the Tinners of Cornwall and Devon (1201) Charter of Liberties to the Tinners of Cornwall (1305) Charter of Confirmation to the Tinners of Cornwall (1402) Grant of Pardon to the Tinners of Cornwall (1508) Charters relating to the Earldom and Duchy of Cornwall; Charter of Henry III (1231) - Richard, Earl of Cornwall
Charter of Massachusetts Bay, 1742. A charter is a document that gives colonies the legal rights to exist. Charters can bestow certain rights on a town, city, university, or other institution. Colonial charters were approved when the king gave a grant of exclusive powers for the governance of land to proprietors or a settlement company.
The Charter of the Forest, 1225 reissue, held by the British Library. The Charter of the Forest of 1217 [1] re-established rights of access for free men to the royal forest that had been eroded by King William the Conqueror and his heirs. Many of its provisions were in force for centuries afterwards. [2]
The term charter covers a range of written legal documentation, including diplomas, writs and wills. [1] A diploma was a royal charter that granted rights over land or other privileges by the king, whereas a writ was an instruction (or prohibition) by the king which may have contained evidence of rights or privileges.