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The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.
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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)
St Paul's Cathedral
Anglican cathedral in London, England
St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul the Apostle, is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London in the Church of England. It is on Ludgate Hill at the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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)
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke
Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman (1146/7–1219)
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, also called William the Marshal, was an Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman during High Medieval England who served five English kings: Henry II and his son and co-ruler Young Henry, Richard I, John, and finally Henry III.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Free tenant
Class of peasant in medieval England
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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)
William the Conqueror
King of England (1066–1087) and Duke of Normandy (1035–1087)
William the Conqueror, sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy from 1035 onward. By 1060, following a long struggle, his hold on Normandy was secure. In 1066,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
November 6
Day of the year
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