Could we have been commemorating the wrong date of Magna Carta all along? Speaking on an episode of the HistoryExtra podcast, ...

King John was king of England from 1199 ... in history and some sections of it are still relevant to English law today. The Magna Carta was quoted during the events leading up to the English ...

King John was one of the most rotten rulers of the lot, whose life was dominated by fights with English noblemen. This episode will explore what was happening ... just a year before his rotten death, ...

Newark was a very important location during the English Civil War in the 1640s, as King Charles I used it as a key Royalist ...

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 ...

As for what the charter itself did, when it was signed by King John at Runnymede ... all subsequent versions of Magna Carta and was never incorporated into English law”. According to ITV News ...

Signed at Runnymede on June 15, 1215, the Great Charter was an agreement between King John and his barons ... A good summary of the significance of Magna Carta was published by the British ...

The Magna Carta, stipulating rights agreed by King John at Runnymede and aimed at preventing exploitation of power, was sealed in 1215. A second version was issued the following year after John's ...