IN CONTEXT
The development of subjects’ rights
1100 Henry I’s Coronation Charter promises to abolish unjust oppression.
1166 The Assize of Clarendon extends the power of royal justice at the expense of baronial courts.
1214 Normandy is lost at the Battle of Bouvines; barons bridle at the campaign’s cost.
1216 The Magna Carta is reissued on the accession of Henry III, and again in 1225 in exchange for a tax grant.
1297 The Magna Carta is again confirmed and written into statute law by Edward I.
1970 A bill repealing ancient statute laws leaves untouched four chapters of the Magna Carta, including Chapter 39.
On June 15, 1215, King John of ...
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