Category: * Legislation of History
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Magna Carta
This was a ‘Great Charter’ that was signed (actually it was sealed as most Kings couldn’t write) by King John. He was forced to agree to it by the Barons to stop him abusing his power as King and take unfair taxes. It included lots of rules to give people rights to be treated fairly and the right to a fair trial. It was written on velum. There are four surviving copies of the Magna…
Charter of the Forest
Henry III sealed the Charter of the Forest. This gave back some of the rights of the people over the forest. William I had made 22 ‘Royal Forests’ where only Royalty or guests could hunt and poor people were not allowed to put up fences (which meant keeping animals in was very difficult!) By agreeing the poor people could do more things in the forest he made it much fairer.
William I
William I loved hunting so when he came to England he decided to make 22 new ‘Royal Forests’ which only he (and his friends) could hunt in. This was pretty unfair to the people who lived there as some were forced to move and even if they didn’t move they were unable to have fences for their wildstock or hunt for food. There are still forests left like the ‘New Forest’ in Hampshire or…
