It is often said that King John 'signed' the Magna Carta, but according to the modern definition of the word ‘sign’, writing one’s name or signature, technically he did not. Instead ...

The listed Victorian home built on land where King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215 is on the market for £4.5m. The six-bedroom property, located on a private island on the River Thames ...

And on 15 June, 1215, they met the king at Runnymede, by the Thames in Surrey, and demanded he sign a peace treaty Magna Carta. John agreed, and for the first time the principle was established ...

Houses on the River Thames are often rich in history, but this six-bedroom house in Runnymede comes with a unique artefact: the stone where King John may have sealed Magna Carta. The aptly named ...

Newark was a very important location during the English Civil War in the 1640s, as King Charles I used it as a key Royalist ...

Trump Can Kill It This week marks the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. Signed at Runnymede on June 15, 1215, the Great Charter was an agreement between King John and his barons that the King was ...

The Magna Carta, stipulating rights agreed by King John at Runnymede and aimed at preventing exploitation of power, was sealed in 1215. A second version was issued the following year after John's ...

King John was one of the most rotten rulers of the lot ... just a year before his rotten death, he signed the Magna Carta in 1215 - the greatest thing to come out of his reign and a document that ...