Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John

chapter 14 of Magna Carta must be regarded as antiquated and even

reactionary.

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Footnote 16:

The charter recording this act may be read in _New Rymer_, I. 115. It was sealed not in perishable wax, but in solid gold.

Footnote 17:

_John Lackland_, 195.

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In the early spring of 1214, John considered his home troubles ended, and that he...