And on 15 June, 1215, they met the king at Runnymede, by the Thames in Surrey, and demanded he sign a peace treaty Magna Carta. John agreed, and for the first time the principle was established ...

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 ...

Magna Carta completed the damage. There may have been very little to be said for the barons at Runnymede, but the myths surrounding the charter have ensured that John would always go down as a bad man ...

While manuscript copies had been in circulation since 1215, the first printed ... with rights being granted by a king, then a king (such as Charles I) theoretically could revoke them. It was vital for ...

The listed Victorian home built on land where King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215 is on the market for £4.5m. The six-bedroom property, located on a private island on the River Thames ...

the Delta Smelt Is a Ridiculous Fish This week marks the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. Signed at Runnymede on June 15, 1215, the Great Charter was an agreement between King John and his barons ...

The Magna Carta, or ‘Great Charter’, was first granted in June 1215 by King John of England as a treaty of rights and concessions to end a baron-led revolt. A charter was any proclamation or letter ...

That changed in 1215, when a group of land-owning barons ... must be proven guilty before they can be punished. Before Magna Carta, justice wasn’t always applied fairly. Remember old King John? He was ...

King John declared that he would not to sign the paper. Most of his followers sided with the noblemen It was in the 1215 that King John Lockland (he was so nicknamed because he had lost many land ...

King John was one of the most rotten rulers of the lot ... just a year before his rotten death, he signed the Magna Carta in 1215 - the greatest thing to come out of his reign and a document that ...