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King Henry III of England issued the Charter of the Forest, re-establishing the rights of access of free men to royal forests.
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Henry III of England
King of England from 1216 to 1272
Henry III, also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. The son of John, King of England, and Isabella of Angoulême, Henry acceded to the throne when he was only nine in the middle of the First…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Charter of the Forest
English charter of 1217
The Charter of the Forest of 1217 re-established rights of access for free men to the royal forest that had been eroded by King William the Conqueror and his heirs. Many of its provisions were in force for centuries afterwards. It was originally sealed in England by the young…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Free tenant
Class of peasant in medieval England
Free tenants, also known as free peasants, were tenant farmer peasants in medieval England who occupied a unique place in the medieval hierarchy. They were characterized by the low rents which they paid to their manorial lord. They were subject to fewer laws and ties than…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Royal forest
Areas of land in the British Isles
A royal forest, occasionally known as a kingswood, is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The term forest in the ordinary modern understanding refers to an area of wooded land; however, the original medieval sense was closer to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)