A royal charter was used to stop a pop-up market in Leicestershire this month. What are they and why do we still adhere to them? It seemed like a win-win situation when a weekly lockdown market was ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A rare original charter from the reign of King John, complete with its royal seal, has been discovered by chance in County Durham northern England. Dated 26 March 1200, exactly 819 ...

A rare original royal charter dating back 819 years has been discovered by a stunned historian. The document, dubbed the first ever ‘Who’s Who’ of Britain, carries the seal of King John, who reigned ...

An important aspect of any society is the way it keeps records of property and land transactions so that ownership can be properly established and disputes resolved. In medieval Britain, this process ...

Historians have found fascinating similarities between the early medieval copperplate inscriptions of eastern India and the Parchment charters of Scotland, which were meant for recording the donation ...

A previously unknown copy of the Magna Carta was accidentally discovered by a researcher in England, officials said Sunday. According to the Magna Carta Project, Dr. Mark Bateson, the Kent County ...

It seemed like a win-win situation when a weekly lockdown market was set up in a pub car park in the village of Sileby. Traders had somewhere to sell their goods in uncertain times and residents ...

A royal charter was used to stop a pop-up market in Leicestershire this month. What are they and why do we still adhere to them? It seemed like a win-win situation when a weekly lockdown market was ...

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