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Relevant Chapters of Magna Charta (1215)
the great charter of king john, granted june 15, a.d. 1215.
John, by the Grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of
Normandy, Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou, to his Archbishops, Bishops,
Abbots, Earls, Barons, Justiciaries, Foresters, Sheriffs, Governors, Officers, and to all Bailiffs, and his faithful subjects, greeting. Know ye, that
we, in the presence of God, and for the salvation of our soul, and the
souls of all our ancestors and heirs, and unto the honour of God and the
advancement of Holy Church, and amendment of our Realm, by advice
of our venerable Fathers, Stephen, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of
all England and Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church; Henry, Archbishop
of Dublin; William, of London; Peter, of Winchester; Jocelin, of Bath and
Glastonbury; Hugh, of Lincoln; Walter, of Worcester; William, of Coventry;
Benedict, of Rochester—Bishops: of Master Pandulph, Sub-Deacon and
Familiar of our Lord the Pope; Brother Aymeric, Master of the KnightsTemplar in England; and the noble Persons, William Marescall, Earl of
Pembroke; William, Earl of Salisbury; William, Earl of Warren; William,
Earl of Arundel; Alan de Galloway, Constable of Scotland; Warin FitzGerald, Peter FitzHerbert, and Hubert de Burgh, Seneschal of Poitou;
Hugh de Neville, Matthew FitzHerbert, Thomas Basset, Alan Basset,
Philip of Albiney, Robert de Roppell, John Mareschal, John FitzHugh,
and others, our liegemen, have, in the first place, granted to God, and by
this our present Charter confirmed, for us and our heirs for ever:
1. rights of the church
That the Church of England shall be free, and have her whole rights, and
her liberties inviolable; and we will have them so observed that it may
appear thence that the freedom of elections, which is reckoned chief and
indispensable to the English Church, and which we granted and con63