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The Online Library of Liberty A Project Of Liberty Fund, Inc. Henry Elliot Malden, Magna Carta Commemoration Essays [1917] The Online Library Of Liberty This E-Book (PDF format) is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, non-profit, educational foundation established in 1960 to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. 2010 was the 50th anniversary year of the founding of Liberty Fund. It is part of the Online Library of Liberty web site http://oll.libertyfund.org, which was established in 2004 in order to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. To find out more about the author or title, to use the site's powerful search engine, to see other titles in other formats (HTML, facsimile PDF), or to make use of the hundreds of essays, educational aids, and study guides, please visit the OLL web site. 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Editor: Henry Elliot Malden Foreword: Viscount James Bryce About This Title: A collection of essays about the history and continuing significance of Magna Carta. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 2 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/339 Online Library of Liberty: Magna Carta Commemoration Essays About Liberty Fund: Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. Copyright Information: The text is in the public domain. Fair Use Statement: This material is put online to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. Unless otherwise stated in the Copyright Information section above, this material may be used freely for educational and academic purposes. It may not be used in any way for profit. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 3 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/339 Online Library of Liberty: Magna Carta Commemoration Essays Table Of Contents Magna Carta Celebration, 1915. General Committee. Nominated In 1914. Introduction By H. E. Malden, M.A. Professor Wm. S. Mckechnie, Magna Carta (1215–1915). an Address Delivered On Its Seventh Centenary, to the Royal Historical Society and the Magna Carta Celebration Committee. Professor G. B. Adams, Innocent Iii and the Great Charter. J. H. Round, “barons” and “knights” In the Great Charter. Sir P. Vinogradoff, Magna Carta, C. 39. Nullus Liber Homo, Etc. Charles Howard Mcilwain, Magna Carta and Common Law. H. D. Hazeltine, the Influence of Magna Carta On American Constitutional Development. Prof. Rafael Altamira, Magna Carta and Spanish MediÆval Jurisprudence. Hilary Jenkinson, Financial Records of the Reign of King John. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 4 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/339 Online Library of Liberty: Magna Carta Commemoration Essays [Back to Table of Contents] MAGNA CARTA CELEBRATION, 1915. GENERAL COMMITTEE. Nominated In 1914. (Italics indicate University or Society nominating a Representative on the Committee.) CHAIRMAN: ?The Right Hon. Viscount Bryce, O.M., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., F.B.A. PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: ? C. H. Firth, LL.D., Litt.D., F.B.A., Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford. His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. His Eminence Cardinal Gasquet. The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of London. The Rt. Hon. Viscount Dillon, M.A., F.S.A., Society of Antiquaries. The Rt. Hon. Lord Cozens-Hardy, Master of the Rolls. The Rt. Hon. Lord Fitzmaurice, M.A. ? The Rt. Rev. Bishop G. F. Browne, D.D., D.C.L., F.S.A. The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Kennedy, F.B.A. (the late) Lincoln’s Inn. The Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart., D.C.L., LL.D., F.B.A., Selden Society. Sir James H. Ramsay, Bart., M.A., D.L. Sir E. W. Brabrook, C.B., F.S.A., London and Middlesex Archæological Society. Sir William Byrne, K.C.V.O., C.B., Gray’s Inn. ? Sir C. E. H. Chadwyck-Healey, K.C.B., K.C., F.S.A., Selden Society. Sir Henry Howorth, K.C.I.E., F.R.S., Royal Archæological Institute. ? Sir Frederic G. Kenyon, M.A., D.Litt., Ph.D., F.B.A., Director and Principal Librarian, British Museum. Sir Vesey Knox, K.C., Gray’s Inn. Sir Sidney Lee, Litt.D. Sir H. C. Maxwell Lyte, K.C.B., F.S.A., F.B.A., Deputy Keeper of the Records. Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, G.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., Litt.D., F.B.A. Sir Adolphus Ward, Litt.D., LL.D., F.B.A., Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. The Very Rev. the Dean Of Lincoln, D.D. The Very Rev. the Dean Of Salisbury, D.D. The Very Rev. the Dean Of Carlisle, D.D. ? The Ven. Archdeacon Cunningham, D.D., LL.D., F.B.A. The Hon. John Abercromby, President, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 5 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/339 Online Library of Liberty: Magna Carta Commemoration Essays Professor G. B. Adams, Ph.D., Yale University, U.S.A. Professor C. M. Andrews, Ph.D., Yale University, U.S.A. H. W. Appleton, M.A., Professor of Ancient and Modern History, University of Sheffield. Robert Bagster, F.S.A., British Archæological Association. Professor J. F. Baldwin, Vassar College, U.S.A. C. R. Beazley, D.Litt., F.R.G.S., Professor of History, University of Birmingham. Charles BÉmont, Directeur-Adjoint à l’École des Hautes-Etudes, Paris. E. deGray Birch, LL.D., F.S.A. Sir F. A. Bosanquet, K.C., Inner Temple. P. Hume Brown, M.A., LL.D., Professor of Ancient History and Palæography, University of Edinburgh. Oscar Browning, M.A. William Moir Bryce, M.A., Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. R. M. Burrows, M.A., D.Litt., Ph.D., Principal King’s College, University of London. W. A. Cater, F.S.A., British Archæological Association. Miss A. M. Cooke, M.A., Lecturer in History, University of Leeds. ? J. F. Chance, M.A. Patrick Cooper, M.A., University of Aberdeen. W. J. Corbett, M.A. ? H. W. C. Davis, M.A. The Rt. Hon. H. A. L. Fisher, M.A., LL.D., F.B.A., Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield. The Hon. J. W. Fortescue, M.V.O., Librarian, Windsor Castle. Edwin Freshfield, LL.D., Pipe Roll Society. Rev. Henry Gee, D.D., University of Durham. ? G. P. Gooch, M.A. A. J. Grant, M.A., Professor of History, University of Leeds. Mrs. J. R. Green. ? Hubert Hall, F.S.A., Literary Director, Royal Historical Society; Secretary to the Royal Commission on Public Records. Frederic Harrison, Litt.D. Professor C. H. Haskins, Ph.D., Harvard University, U.S.A. H. D. Hazeltine, Litt.D. ? F. J. C. Hearnshaw, M.A., LL.D., Professor of Mediæval History, University of London. W. S. Holdsworth, D.C.L., All Souls Reader in English Law, University of Oxford. Sir Courtenay P. Ilbert, K.C.B., K.C.S.I. Professor J. F. Jameson, Ph.D., LL.D., Carnegie Institution, Washington, U.S.A. C. H. Jenkinson, M.A., Surrey Archæological Society. Edward Jenks, B.C.L. C. S. Kenny, LL.D., F.B.A., Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge. ? C. L. Kingsford, M.A., F.S.A. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 6 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/339 Online Library of Liberty: Magna Carta Commemoration Essays ? G. T. Lapsley, M.A., Ph.D., University of Cambridge. Felix Liebermann, Ph.D., LL.D., University of Berlin. W. A. Lindsay (the late), K.C., D.L., Pipe Roll Society. A. G. Little, M.A., Lecturer in Palæography, Victoria University of Manchester. Colonel E. M. Lloyd, R.E. R. Lodge, M.A., Litt.D., LL.D., Professor of History, University of Edinburgh. Miss E. A. McArthur, Litt.D. J. D. Mackie, M.A., Lecturer in Modern History, University of St. Andrews. C. H. McIlwain, Professor of History and Government, Harvard University, U.S.A. Rev. J. P. Mahaffy, C.V.O., D.D., D.C.L., LL.D., Vice-Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. ? W. S. McKechnie, LL.B., D.Phil., Lecturer in Constitutional Law and History, University of Glasgow. D. J. Medley, M.A., Professor of History, University of Glasgow. J. Hepburn Millar, B.A., LL.B., Professor of Constitutional Law and Constitutional History, University of Edinburgh. J. H. Morgan, M.A., Professor of Constitutional Law, University of London. George Neilson, LL.D. C. W. C. Oman, M.A., F.S.A., F.B.A., Chichele Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford. Colonel M. B. Pearson, C.B., London and Middlesex Archæological Society. W. Petit-Dutaillis, Recteur de l’Université de Grenoble, Université de France. L. O. Pike, M.A.