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Newsletter / Issue 16 June 2015 JUNE 2015 NEWSLETTER Finally, Day is here.

Crescendo: “the climactic point or moment in such Beijing, and in many cathedrals, castles and universities an increase; peak” according to the dictionary. throughout the world. The peak of the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Early in June one particularly outstanding event will be happening in all the British Magna Carta towns, first-day Commemoration is upon us. 15 June 2015, covers dated 2nd June and postmarked Magna Carta for the Magna Carta Day, when the Queen as Patron of next four days and Egham post office near Runnymede already sold out by 10am. The special Royal Mail suite of six stamps the Magna Carta Trust and the Duke of Edinburgh will be combined in a commemoration packet with the £2 coin, will be with us at Runnymede, 800 years exactly struck for the 800th anniversary, thanks to the Royal Mail and since King John ‘sealed the deal’ with the Barons the Royal Mint. and Bishops to agree what we now know as the Our star academics and writers of the many Magna Carta books have been and will be at the many literary festivals being Great Charter, Magna Carta. See stamps, below, held all over the country, and especially assiduous in this have and on pps. 6, 7,10, 13, 14. been Magna Carta scholars Professors Nicholas Vincent, David Carpenter, Nigel Saul and jurists Lords (Igor) Judge, Crescendo also means “increasing in loudness”, and it has Neuberger, Thomas, Dyson (Chairman of the Magna Carta certainly done that. When I was given the job of chairing Trust as David Neuberger was before him, and Lady Arden. the Anniversary on the 9th of October 2009, worldwide, little did I know that it would take over my life and have, as I’d Authors Christopher Lloyd (Magna Carta Chronicle), Nicholas hoped it would, a life of its own. You can see the culmination Vincent (Magna Carta: The Foundation of Freedom; 1215 - of others’ efforts listed in this June issue of the Magna Carta 2015), Kortney Harper (History Rocks: Magna Carta) , David Newsletter, at least of some of those things happened of Carpenter (Magna Carta) and many others (too many for me which we are aware. Hundreds of activities in hundreds of to read them all) have also hit the road to many invitations from villages such as Odiham, towns such as Faversham, and cities many groups to spread the word of the enduring contribution like Durham, Lincoln, Salisbury and Canterbury, and the City in response to interested audiences in many countries. of London, by a constitutionalist like the University of Virginia’s The twin peak highlights coming up are two: Runnymede, 15th Professor Dick Howard’s lectures in the British Library’s June, and Westminster Hall, 31st July, for the Mock Trial of the Eccles Centre, at the American Embassy and elsewhere, Barons and Bishops charged with Treason! Against King John in academic symposia in Grenada and Barbados, Amiens (featured in this space in last month’s Newsletter.) and Luxembourg, Canterbury and Lincoln, Washington and

Sir Robert Worcester KBE DL Chairman, Magna Carta 800th Committee

In this newsletter is a comprehensive list of events in June. Find out more about other events at our website, www.magnacarta800th.com.

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• 8th: Professor Howard speaking at the United June Highlights: States Embassy, London. Private event.

• 1st : ‘Magna Carta’s American Adventure’, British • 8th: Relay carrying Magna Carta through Slough, Library. Professor Dick Howard, Speaker. 18:30 focusing on flags of the Commonwealth. – 20:00. • 8th : Italian Cultural Institute of London hosts • 1st: Magna Carta Citizenship Ceremony at the 10th Italian – British Convention. Theme: Allington Castle, Kent. Hosted by Sir Robert ‘Constitutional Heritage of Magna Carta.’ Worcester. 18:00. • 9th: Magna Carta Citizenship Ceremony at • 1st: ‘What has Magna Carta Ever Done For Us?’ Salisbury Cathedral. Live debate, open to the public, London School of • 10th: Graham Clarke’s Starta Magna Carta Economics. 18:30 – 20:00. Theatra, Kent, History and Library Centre, • 1st – 28th: William Shakespeare’s King John, at the Maidstone. Globe Theatre, London. • 10th: The Annual Lincoln Magna Carta Lecture, • 1st – 19th: ‘The Loss of Liberties in Victorian Art’ . Lord (Igor) Judge, Speaker. exhibition at Royal Holloway, University of London. 19:00 – 20:00. • 1st June – 29th August: Magna Carta Pop – Up • 11th: Franco – British Conference, ‘Magna Carta Exhibition, at the United Church of Egham. and the Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et Organised by Egham Museum. du Citoyen.’ Lancaster House, London. 8:30 – 17:15. • 1st June – 20th September: Magna Carta and the City, walking tours of the City of London. • 11th: Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Lecture, UCL Institute of Education. Hosted by Paceworking st st • 1 June – 31 August: ‘Magna Carta and the and the Society of Black Lawyers. 18:00 – 21:30. Changing Face of Revolt’, exhibition. Palace Green Library, Durham. • 11th - 14th : American Bar Association (ABA) series of legal education programmes and plenary nd • 2 : Magna Carta commemorative stamps sessions, London. released by Royal Mail. • 12th: ‘Magna Carta Canada’ exhibition opens at th • 4 : ‘Magna Carta and the Rule of Law,’ Chertsey the Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa. Hall. Professor Nigel Saul, Speaker. 19:00. • 12th: The launch of the River Relay, at Wraysbury. • 5th – 6th: ‘Magna Carta, King John, and the Civil War in Kent’, conference in Canterbury. • 12th: ‘Magna Carta – do we need a new Charter?‘ at Mint Methodist Church, Exeter. Dominic Grieve th • 6 : ‘It’s time for a new Magna Carta’ Bagehot QC, Speaker. Memorial Debate, Langport, UK. Lord Tyler and Lord Norton, Speakers. 18:45 • 12th June – 6th September: The Lincoln and Salisbury Barons’ Charter Trail • 7th – 14th : Runnymede Music Festival. • 12th – 16th: Exhibition of historic documents at th • 7 : ‘Magna Carta’s American Adventure’, Exeter Cathedral. Salisbury Cathedral. Professor Dick Howard, Speaker. 18:00. • 13th: Egham Magna Carta Day. • 8th: HRH the Princess Royal officially opens • 13th: Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity Lincoln Castle’s Magna Carta Vault. headline Magna Carta Party at Lincoln Castle. 19:00 – 22:00. • 8th : ‘Magna Carta: England’s Greatest Export’, at the English – Speaking Union. Derek Taylor, • 13th – 14th: Magna Carta River Relay. 200 boats Speaker. 19:00 – 20:00. led by HM the Queen’s row barge Gloriana from Windsor to Runnymede.

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• 15th – 19th: ‘Magna Carta 800 Medway’ June Highlights cont. Conference, hosted by The Human Rights Office. • 13th – 14th : Great Magna Carta Weekend, Lincoln. • 16th: Royal Holloway, University of London’s annual Magna Carta Lecture. Speaker Rt Hon • 13th – 15th: Magna Carta Gala Weekend, Salisbury Jack Straw. 18:15. Cathedral. • 17th: ‘The Legacy of Magna Carta for the Western • 14th: Magna Carta: The Pageant, at Runnymede Balkans.’ Conference at South East European Pleasure Grounds. 10:00 – 18:00. University, Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia. • 14th: Unveiling of a 10 – foot commemorative statue • 17th – 19th : ‘Magna Carta Project’ conference, of HM the Queen, at Runnymede. 9:00 – 14:30. King’s College London and British Library. • 14th: Commemoration at Holy Trinity Cathedral, • 18th: Former ABA President Stephen Zack Auckland, New Zealand. 17:00. presents National History Day Magna Carta Awards. • 14th: Great Charter Festival, Royal Holloway, University of London. • 18th: ‘Magna Carta and the Law’, Salisbury Cathedral. Lord (Igor) Judge, Speaker. 19:30 – • 14th: National LiberTeas moment. 20:30. • 14th: ‘Strike a Blow for Democracy’ Bell – ringing • 18th: ‘The Relevance of Magna Carta Abroad’, across the UK. Bingham Centre. Chief Justice of Canada Beverly • 14th: Temple Church Service for senior judiciaries. McLachlin, Speaker. 18:00. • 15th: Magna Carta 800th Anniversary • 18th – 21st: The Eastern Three Choirs Festival, Commemoration, Runnymede. HM, HRH. Lincoln. • 15th: Rededication of the ABA Memorial. • 21st – 24th: ‘Magna Carta and the Freedom of Religion or Belief’ Conference. St Hugh’s th • 15 : 12:15 pm, Red Arrows and Battle of Britain College, Oxford. flypast. • 23rd: Public event at the National Library, th • 15 : Attorney General of New Zealand General Wellington, New Zealand. Chris Finlayson hosts reception at New Zealand Parliament. 17:30 – 19:00. • 23rd: Professor Linda Colley lecture at Society of Antiquarians. 13:00 – 14:00. • 15th: Magna Carta Pageant, Salisbury. Dignitaries will seal a new Magna Carta for Wiltshire. 20:00. • 27th June – 27th September: ‘’s Great Exhibition’, city – wide, Lincoln. • 15th: ‘Magna Carta and Contemporary Human Rights’, United Church of Egham. Speaker Tim • 28th June: Faversham’s 1300 Magna Carta tours Hancock, Amnesty International UK. 19:00 – Kent. 22:00. • Until 25th July: ‘Magna Carta – Game of Barons’ • 15th: Lord Bates’ walk from Runnymede to exhibition, Trowbridge Museum. Westminster. There are many exhibitions currently running which • 15th: Beer Day Britain – national cheers to Magna commemorate Magna Carta. Click here for more Carta at 12.15pm. information on them all. • 15th: ‘Magna Carta: Celebrating 800 Years of Law and Liberty’, Centre for Independent Studies, . Hon James Spigelman AC QC and Hon Christian Porter MP, Speakers. 18:00 - 20:00.

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Royal Mail Magna Treason? Trial of the Magna Carta Stamps Carta Barons and Bishops

Royal Mail launched on 2nd June a suite of stamps to mark the It might have taken 800 years but on the 31st July 2015, 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, the foundation stone of the judgement shall be passed on whether the actions of the rule of law. Bishops and Barons at Runnymede in 1215 constituted Treason, if there had been the Rule of Law, rather than the To commemorate this milestone, Royal Mail worked closely King’s ‘divine right to rule’. A Mock Trial will take place in with the Magna Carta 800th Committee to produce a six- Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament where the Court met stamp set commemorating the Magna Carta itself as well as for centuries. major charters, bills and declarations inspired by it that have developed the rule of law in the centuries since and around The Supreme Court and The Magna Carta 800th Anniversary the world. Commemoration Committee are working with the Royal Commonwealth Society to commemorate the 800th anniversary As well as the Magna Carta, the 750th anniversary of Simon of Magna Carta. de Montfort’s Parliament is also marked with a First Class stamp. Other stamps commemorate the Bill of Rights 31st July is the final day of the Law Year. This Mock Trial (1689) and the American Bill of Rights (1791); the Universal features a panel of distinguished judges (Lord Neuberger, Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and from our own President of the UK Supreme Court; Dame Sian Elias, Chief century the Charter of the Commonwealth (2013). Justice of New Zealand, and Hon. Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court) hear the case for and Each stamp features an excerpt from each document or against the Barons and Bishops. charter, together with a woodblock illustration. The Magna Carta design features Clause 39. The stamps are available There will be two leading advocates for the prosecution, and individually as well as in a specially-designed Presentation two for the defence, from Commonwealth countries. King John Pack each pack written by Professor Nigel Saul. See will appear as a witness of the Prosecution. Sir Robert Rogers www.royalmail.com/magnacarta for more details. (pictured), now Lord Lisvane, the witness for the Barons and Bishops (the Commons might not exist today but for the Click here to purchase six stamps plus an uncirculated £2 Barons at Runnymede on 15th June 1215). Magna Carta commemorative coin. Click here to register for the event places are limited! Magna Carta and the Freedom of Religion or Belief 21st – 24th June. St Hugh’s College, Oxford. • Professor Mark Hill, QC, Cardiff University, King’s College Hosted by the International Center for Law London, University Pretoria, co-editor: Magna Carta, and Religion Studies, in cooperation with The Religion, and the Rule of Law (Cambridge, 2015) Oxford Journal of Law and Religion. • Professor Nicholas Vincent, University of East Anglia, The Magna Carta Project, author: Magna Carta: A Very Leading academics, policy makers, lawyers, Short Introduction (Oxford, 2012), and Magna Carta: The and students will attend this conference Foundation of Freedom 1215 – 2015 (Third Millennium commemorating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. The Publishing, 2014) itinerary includes presentations and visits to Runnymede and the Inns of Court, and will address a blend of historical and • Professor R.H. Helmholz, University of Chicago current issues. Law School, author: ‘Magna Carta and the Law of Nations’, in Magna Carta, Religion, and the Rule of Speakers include: Law (Cambridge, 2015) • The Rt Hon Lord (Igor) Judge, Lord Chief Justice of For further highlights and to register for the event, please click England and Wales (2008-2013), co-author: Magna Carta here to visit the website, or email [email protected]. Uncovered (Hart Publishing, 2014) Click here to find out more about Magna Carta and Oxford.

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Address by Her Majesty from 1953

Lest we fail to remember in the “picnic in the and not enslaved. And when the life of this belief park” and “LiberTeas” celebrations of the was threatened by the iron hand of tyranny, their 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, let us also successors came forward without hesitation to Commemorate the “Address by Her Majesty fight and, if it was demanded of them, to die for Queen Elizabeth The Second at the unveiling of its salvation. As only free men can, they knew the Runnymede Memorial, 17th October 1953”, the value of that for which they fought, and that adjacent to the Runnymede Meadow: the price was worth paying.

“This memorial has been built in proud memory “They were alone in this knowledge and in this of the men and women of the Air Forces of the sacrifice. At this very hour a memorial porch British Commonwealth and Empire who lost their is being unveiled in Chelmsford Cathedral to lives serving from bases in the United Kingdom commemorate some of those American airmen and North-West Europe in the Second World who fought together with us against the same War, and who have no known graves. aggression.

“They were part of a glorious and far larger “With prophetic insight, Pope wrote of this hill on company who laid down their lives for freedom: which we stand: and this memorial is one of many others, built, “‘On Cooper’s Hill eternal wreaths shall grow wherever the battle raged, so that they may not While lasts the mountain, or while Thames be forgotten. Twenty thousand four hundred shall flow.’ and fifty-five names are recorded on these stones: and all races and countries of the British “Indeed the heroism of each be remembered Commonwealth have here their representatives. for as long as this memorial shall stand. But that which was done by all will, with God’s help, “It is very fitting that those who rest in nameless still be remembered when these stones have graves should be remembered in this place. crumbled into dust. For wherever and for as long For it was in those fields of Runnymede seven as freedom flourishes on the earth, the men and centuries ago that our forefathers first planted women who possess it will thank them and will a seed of liberty which helped to spread across say they did not die in vain. This is their true and the earth the conviction that man should be free everlasting memorial.”

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Newsletter / Issue 16 June 2015 Magna Carta in Runnymede overview There is a host of events and activities in and around Runnymede to mark this historic moment in time. Royal Holloway, Spelthorne Borough University of London Council

Between 1st -19th June, Royal Holloway, • 6th June: Staines – upon University of London, will open the famous – Thames Medieval Holloway Picture Gallery in a new exhibition Market. There will titles ‘The Loss of Liberties in Victorian Art.’ be demonstrations This project has received funding from the Magna Carta 800th of medieval combat, Anniversary Commemoration Committee. It will use paintings tournaments, and trials. from the Holloway Collection to evoke discussions about Other medieval crafts will also be on show. human rights. • 13th – 14th June: Spelthorne Borough Council will be working with other On Sunday 14th June from 10am-5pm Royal Holloway, boroughs to unite Surrey around the River University of London, will host The Great Charter Festival. Relay. This free festival will take a creative and critical look upon the th themes of justice, freedom and rights. Features include: • 13 June: A Barons’ Gathering, at Lammas Recreation Park. This free event • A family day at ‘The Loss of Liberties in Victorian Art’ celebrates the little known fact that many exhibition. of the Magna Carta Barons assembled in • Watch the stories of eight influential people throughout Staines – Upon – Thames before travelling history come to life with the performance of the Giant to Runnymede. Events include jousting, Puppets created by school children from all over Surrey. combat displays, period dancing, falconry, • Entertainers Stan’s Cafe will depict the UK’s population ale tasting, children’s activities and much as 1,068kg of rice, providing lots of thought provoking more. 12:15 – 20:15. statistics. • 13th June: Watch the River Flotilla from • Presentations by Christopher Lloyd, author of ‘The Magna King’s Meadow Lawn, Sunbury – on – Carta Chronicle’. Thames. From 11:00. • At 3pm its time for tea! Royal Holloway, University of London, For further enquiries: hosts its own LiberTeas. Catherine Learmonth, Arts and Young • Hand crafted Magna Carta quilts. people officer, Spelthorne Borough Council • The Disability arts in Surrey (DAiSY) group will showcase ([email protected]) music, drama and art which champion equality and freedom of expression. • Paintings by Alan Perriman depicting the landscape of Runnymede as it is today and in the 13th - Century. • A twelve minute snapshot of the Freedom Game Opera – performed on 12th May at the Royal Albert Hall. • Artist Hew Locke, creator of The Jurors, will talk about the artwork to be unveiled by HRH the Duke of Cambridge on 15th June. • Members of the Knights Templar will premiere arrangements of Kipling’s The Reeds at Runnymede with the Royal Holloway, University of London Chapel Choir.

For further details, and for the full programme please click here.

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Runnymede Borough Royal Borough Council and Egham of Windsor and Upcoming events: Maidenhead • 1st June – 29th August: Magna Carta Pop – Up Exhibition, at • 5th – 7th June: St. Andrew’s Church the United Church of Egham. Flower Festival. Organisations and youth Organised by Egham Museum. groups to take part. An embroidered wall • 2nd June – 12th June: Sports Festival, hosted by Royal hanging has been developed, depicting Holloway, University of London – a Magna Carta trophy for King John sealing Magna Carta. the winners. • 8th June: Relay carrying Magna Carta • 4th June: Professor Nigel Saul Lecture, ‘Magna Carta and through Slough, with a march in the the Rule of Law’, Chertsey Hall. 19:00. afternoon focusing on the flags of the • 7th- 14th June: Runnymede Music Festival. Commonwealth. th • 10th June: Anthony Barnett Lecture, ‘A Modern Magna • 10 June: Gurkha Walk – Lincoln to Carta’, at the United Church of Egham. 19:00. Salisbury, via Maidenhead and Windsor. th • 12th – 16th June: Runnymede Flower Festival. Displays will • 11 June: Wraysbury Players Magna depict the shields of the 25 Barons and the Coat of Arms of Carta play. the Charter Towns. • 12th June: The launch of the River Relay • 13th June: Egham annual Magna Carta Day. This town (ticketed event). tradition will feature a food and wine festival as well as a • 13th June: Wraysbury Fair – featuring fireworks display at Strode’s College. floats, archery, falconry, Morris dancing, • 13th – 14th June: Street Theatre, featuring giant puppets and jousting. The village will be decorated created by Ballyhoo Arts and local schools. with the colours of King John’s colours. th • 13th – 14th June: The Magna Carta River Relay. This major • 13 : Eton Community Fete event will see 200 boats led by HM the Queen’s row barge • 13th – 14th: River Relay, departing from Gloriana, commence from Hurley on 13th June and arrive Hurley. at Runnymede Pleasure Ground on the 14th. Actors will • 13th – 14th June: LiberTeas events across recount the story of Magna Carta at each of the stops. This the Royal Borough. event has been organised by Thames Alive, Runnymede • 14th June: Songs of Praise will follow a Borough Council, Spelthorne Borough Council, and the LiberTeas event. Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead. • 14th June: Bell ringing to join the peal of th • 14 June: ‘Magna Carta: The Pageant’. Runnymede bells rung across the country. Pleasure Grounds, from 11am. There will be a re- enactment of the events leading up to the sealing of Magna Carta by Past Pleasures, the most experienced historical interpretation company in the UK. A range of other family activities will also be available. This is a ticketed event – and all have been taken. For more information click here. 10:00 – 18:00. • 14th June: The unveiling ceremony of a 10 –foot commemorative statue of HM Queen Elizabeth II, situated beside the River Thames at Runnymede. 9:00. • 14th June: Beacon lighting at St Ann’s Hill. Includes Morris dancing, music, and theatre. • 15th June: ‘Magna Carta and Contemporary Human Rights’, United Church of Egham. Tim Hancock, Amnesty International UK Speaker. 19:00 – 22:00. • Until December: Chertsey Museum’s ‘Magna Carta: Freedom Under Law’ exhibition.

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Newsletter / Issue 16 June 2015 Magna Carta The Great Magna and Lincoln Carta Weekend Lincoln is the A series of fun family-friendly events are being held in the city th th site of many from Thursday 11 June until Monday 15 June. These include: • 13th – 14th June: Across the weekend, Lincoln’s famous commemorative Steep Hill Street will come alive with the story of King John Magna Carta as told by the country’s best storytellers – from rap artists events. The Lincoln to local performers. • 13th - 14th June: The Night of Festivals, at Brayford Magna Carta is one of the surviving original Waterfront. Every 45 minutes, spectators will witness 1215 documents, and is now housed in a carnivals featuring giant puppets, fireworks, and live new Magna Carta Vault in Lincoln Castle. The musicians. Saturday 10:00 – 20:00, Sunday 11:00 – 16:00. • 14th June: ‘Barmy Britain Part 2’, a free Horrible Histories Charter is known as the most ‘well – travelled’ show including a brand new Magna Carta sketch. of the originals, having visited the United States • 14th June: Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity are the before – most recently as the main feature of headline act at a Magna Party Concert at Lincoln Castle. the Library of Congress’ exhibition Magna Carta: 20:00 – 22:00. • 15th June: A carnival procession featuring a giant King John. Muse and Mentor.

HRH the Princess Royal will officially open Lincoln Castle on The Lincoln Barons’ Charter Trail th the 8 June. Six foot sculptures of Barons, 25 in all, have been decorated by artists from Lincolnshire and beyond. Local businesses and The Great Exhibition organisations have worked with the artists to devise a different Lincoln will be hosting a unique exhibition in venues across theme for each Baron, including a Squadron Leader Baron, the the city from 27th June to 27th September. Mayor of Lincoln Baron and a Steampunk Baron.

th th Lincolnshire’s Great Exhibition will be displayed in five From the 12 June – 6 September, the finished sculptures venues. In the David P J Ross Magna Carta Vault there will will be placed around the city centre, creating a colourful and be one of the very rare copies of the definitive 1225 Henry fun trail for visitors to follow. Each one is marked with a letter III Magna Carta. In the Wren and Medieval Libraries of the – when all the letters are collected, they form a phrase that Cathedral there will be manuscripts and printed books. For can be deciphered in exchange for some of King John’s gold the first time in 400 years the two volumes of the Chapter (chocolate!) coins. Bible will be displayed side by side. Other artefacts will be The Baron’s Charter Trail is a ‘Wild in Art’ event brought to on display across the city. Lincoln by The Trussell Trust and Lincoln BIG. The sculptures The Historic Lincoln Trust has worked closely with the will be displayed for three months, before being auctioned with Royal Collection, the British Library, the National Archives, all proceeds from the sales donated to The Trussell Trust, the the Victoria & Albert Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, national foodbank charity. and other great public and private collections to create the greatest exhibition ever staged in Lincolnshire. The Eastern Three Choirs Festival

th st Click here for more information about the Great Exhibition From Thursday 18 June to Sunday 21 June Lincoln there will and the Historic Lincoln Trust. be choral and other music at Lincoln Cathedral. A full listing of performances can be downloaded here from our site.

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Magna Carta, Salisbury and Trowbridge.

Chapter House at Salisbury Cathedral houses the • 18th June: ‘Magna Carta and the Law,’ Salisbury finest preserved 1215 Magna Carta (pictured). Cathedral. Lord (Igor) Judge, Speaker. 19:30 – 20:30. • 20th June: Magna Carta display at Old Sarum. 10:00 – ‘Magna Carta: Spirit of Justice, Power of Words’ 18:00. is a new exhibition and one of many opportunities • 20th June: Salisbury Playhouse Stage ’65 Youth Theatre. in Wiltshire to engage with the relevance of the Salisbury Cathedral. 19:00m and 20:30. Great Charter in this commemoration month. Upcoming events at Trowbridge and Wiltshire: • Until 25th July: ‘Magna Carta – Game of Barons’ There are many activities on offer in the neighbouring town of exhibition at Trowbridge Museum. Trowbridge. • Until 30th September: Magna Carta Window Display Upcoming events at Salisbury: Competition – can you find all the Henry de Bohun Coat • Magna Carta Walks: Liberty, Justice, and Power. This of Arms in businesses supporting the Great Charter guided walk will take place on the 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th of celebrations? June. Walks begin from Salisbury Information Centre. • 13th June: Lacock Abbey ‘Magna Carta’ exhibition. Click here for more information. • 13th – 14th June: Strike a blow for democracy. Bell ringers • Calligraphy Workshops: on 6th and 20th June. Salisbury across the UK will take part. Cathedral. • 14th June: Trowbridge LiberTeas event. • 7th June: ‘Magna Carta’s American Adventure,’ Salisbury Cathedral. Professor Dick Howard, Speaker. 18:00. Click here for more information about Magna Carta and Salisbury. • 9th: Magna Carta Citizenship Ceremony at Salisbury Cathedral. • 9th June: Spotlight talk at the Library and Archive of Salisbury Cathedral. 11:00 – 11:30. • 12th June – 6th September: The Barons’ Charter Trail Salisbury 2015. • 13th – 15th June: Magna Carta Gala Weekend. Concerts at Salisbury Cathedral. • 13th June – 15th September: ‘Enlightenment’, an interactive lighting projection in the Cathedral’s North Porch. • 14th June: Magna Carta Eucharist. Music from a newly written setting by the Cathedral’s Director of Music. 10:30. • 14th June: A free LiberTeas event. • 15th June: Magna Carta Pageant. Dignitaries will seal a new Magna Carta statement for Wiltshire in the 21st- Century. 20:00. • 15th June: Magna Carta Celebration in the Cathedral Close, in partnership with Wiltshire Council.

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Faversham’s Magna Magna Carta New Zealand Carta tours Kent The Magna Carta 800 Committee for New Zealand is chaired by Dr Jennifer Lees- Marshment at the University of Auckland. Through a range of events the Committee hopes not just to reflect on the past, but to ‘Magna Carta Rediscovered’ has promote a debate about how New Zealand opened in Faversham and will now tour may develop in the decades to come. On Monday 16th Kent. Faversham’s 1300 Magna Carta March, a Magna Carta essay competition was launched is in excellent condition and features the by Attorney - General Chris Finlayson for all New Zealand seal of King Edward I. The Charter is in secondary and tertiary students. the custodianship of Faversham Town Council, lead partners in this project with Visit Kent. Upcoming commemoration events:

The exhibition at The Alexander Centre (until Sunday, 28th • 9th June: Canterbury Historical Association Panel: June), uses modern interpretive techniques to present the ‘Magna Carta, Rights and Legacies’. Magna Carta and story. The exhibition offers a chance to view the Faversham New Zealand major theme. 18:30. Magna Carta, one of Kent’s most important treasures, rarely on public display. The history of Magna Carta is united with • 14th June: Commemoration at Holy Trinity Cathedral, its contemporary importance. Auckland. 17:00.

The exhibition is enhanced with a series of interactives • 15th June: Attorney - General Chris Finlayson hosts presenting the main figures involved in the events on the 15th a reception at Grand Hall of Parliament, Wellington. June, including a ‘Table of Negotiation’ game. The impact 17:30 – 19:00. of Magna Carta across the world is visually illustrated with • 15th June: Auckland Bell Ringers to ring for Magna the opportunity to find out more about the location of these Carta from St. Mathews Tower. Charters • 19th June: Special feature in the New Zealand Law Visitors can explore topics in depth with the transcription Society’s magazine, ‘Law Talk.’ and translation of clauses within Magna Carta and can investigate many different topics contained in the charter. • 23rd June: Public event at The National Library, Wellington. Whilst in Faversham, ‘Magna Carta Rediscovered’ is supported by the Faversham Charters Collection, which • 6th – 10th July: Magna Carta Lecture series at the complements the main exhibition with displays of Charters University of Auckland. Multiple lectures and events – from the town’s collection, described by Professor Nicholas click here for more information. Vincent as being ‘a magnificent collection’ • 7th July: ‘The Maori Magna Carta – Waitangi and When ‘Magna Carta Rediscovered’ closes in Faversham Beyond’, at the University of Auckland. 18:45. on Sunday 28th June, it will tour Kent, at Canterbury, Maidstone, Dover, Sandwich and Rochester.

The exhibition has been sponsored by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Commemoration Committee and Southeastern Railway.

For further information visit www.magnacartarediscovered. co.uk

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Newsletter / Issue 16 June 2015 International overview cont.

Events to commemorate the sealing of Magna Carta are taking place across the world.

The American Bar Magna Carta Canada Association (ABA) Canada is proudly participating in the worldwide celebrations of Magna Carta, with several The ABA has taken the lead with significant initiatives. commemorating Magna Carta in the United States. With the Magna Carta 800th Durham Cathedral’s original copy of the 1300 Anniversary Commemoration Committee, the ABA Division exemplifications of both Magna Carta and The Charter of for Public Education has developed Icon of Liberty under the Forest will visit Canada in a new exhibition. This will Law, a multimedia website which links Magna Carta to open on 12th June 2015 at the Canadian Museum of History statutes and sites of importance across the globe. The in Ottawa. The exhibition will then travel to: ABA Magna Carta Memorial is at Runnymede to mark the importance of the Great Charter internationally. • Winnipeg – Canadian Museum for Human Rights – 15th August, 2015 to 18th September, 2015 The Library of Congress hosted an original 1215 Charter in 2014 at the exhibition ‘Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor.’ • Toronto – Fort York Visitor Centre – 4th October 2015 The ABA hosted Magna Carta events across the United to 7th November 2015 States on national Law Day, on the 1st May. • Edmonton – Legislative Assembly of Alberta Visitor Upcoming commemoration events: Centre – 23rd November 2015 to 29th December 2015. • An ABA video, ‘Magna Carta: Symbol of Freedom under Law’ won a first place honours in the 36th annual Further achievements include: Telly Awards. Click here to view this film. • A book, Magna Carta and its Gifts to Canada, launched • 1st June: ‘Magna Carta’s American Adventure,’ at the at the University of Toronto on 2nd May. British Library. Distinguished medievalist Professor Dick Howard, Speaker. 18:30 – 20:00. • A bill, The Magna Carta Day Act, designates 15th June • 8th June: Professor Howard will speak at the United annually as Magna Carta Day in Ontario. This has States Embassy, London. Private event. received a second reading and it is hoped that it will • 11th – 14th June: The ABA present a series of legal become law. education programmes and plenary sessions in London. • 53,000 Canadian teachers have been invited to take • 15th June, Runnymede. The Princess Royal and part in an education programme, which uses the ABA President William Hubbard rededication of ABA ‘Magna Carta Chronicle’ timeline. Memorial with Royal Marine Band playing O’Neill’s 1215: Foundation of Liberty and Gregg’s The Glorious 800th. • 18th June: ABA Magna Carta Anniversary Committee Chair Stephen Zack will present National History Day Magna Carta Awards

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Newsletter / Issue 16 June 2015 International overview cont. Events to commemorate the sealing of Magna Carta are taking place across the world. Australia European Seminars and The Rule of Law Institute of Australia has recently launched an exhibition, ‘Magna Carta: Debates in Continental to no one will we deny justice’, at the Australia High Court of Justice. More information on this can be found later in this Europe. newsletter. On the 5th March 2015, His Excellency Péter Szabadhegy The Institute has sponsored a conference, ‘Judicial hosted a Magna Carta lecture at the Hungarian Embassy, Independence in Australia: Contemporary Challenges, Future London. th Directions,’ at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, on 10 Speaking on the panel th – 11 July. (pictured, left to right) were The Institute has produced a poster to assist with the teaching Professor Gábor Hamza, of of Magna Carta, which can be viewed here. the Department of Civil Law at the Eötvös Loránd University The Institute has produced a companion film to the 800th School of Law; Sir Robert anniversary, which can be viewed here. Worcester, Chairman of the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Commemoration Committee; Professor Justin Fisher, Brunel The Magna Carta Committee of Australia, is organising a University, Chair of the Magna Carta 800th Academic Sub – public event at Magna Carta Place, on Sunday Committee who discuss Magna Carta 1215 and the Golden afternoon, 14 July 2015. More information about this can be Bull of Hungary. found here. Professor Robert Blackburn of King’s College London has been instrumental in bringing Magna Carta debates to Europe. Events include: Commonwealth Caribbean • 25th May, Professor Blackburn spoke at the Centre for European Constitutional Law (CECL), Athens, alongside Professor Spyridon Flogaitis, chaired by Professor Xenophon Contiades, Director of CECL. The theme was ‘800 Years of Magna Carta – UK and Greek perspectives.’ • 17thJune, ‘The Legacy of Magna Carta for the Western The University of the West Indies is leading commemoration Balkans.’ Conference at South East European events in the Caribbean. Dr Hamid Ghany organised a University, Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia. lecture series funded by the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary • 12th November, a seminar at the European Court Commemoration Committee, which has engaged thousands of Human Rights, Strasbourg. This will be opened of students studying in countries throughout the English by President of the Court, Judge Dean Spielmann Speaking Caribbean. and introduced by Professor Blackburn. This will be followed by a series of presentations from a panel of Magna Carta and the Commonwealth Caribbean runs distinguished legal, political and historical experts. between October 2014 – July 2015. For more information • Date TBA: A Magna Carta seminar at the Universities of about the project click here. Perugia or Brecia and at Amiens, France – more details to follow.

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Magna Carta Committee of the Magna Carta at Italian – Rule of Law Institute of Australia British Seminar.

The Magna Carta Committee of the Rule On the 8th June 2015, the Italian Cultural of Law Institute of Australia launched Institute of London will host the 10th Italian- the exhibition “To None Will We Deny British Conversation. This year the focus Justice” in the Public Hall at the High will be “The Constitutional Heritage of Court of Australia on the 13th May 2015. Magna Carta”.

The exhibition was opened by Professor Nicholas Cowdery AM The seminar, co-organised by the Italian Cultural QC, Chair of the Committee. Prior to the opening 400 students Institute, the Devolution Club and the UK had already experienced the exhibition and many thousands more Constitutional Law Association, under the High are expected to visit leading up to the 800th Anniversary on the 15th Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, is of June. focused on the constitutional legacy of the document that was sealed on the 15th June by King John. Featuring numerous colourful illustrations (pictured) and Though drafted in a clear context of feudal rebellion, depictions of historical events surrounding the grant of Magna Magna Carta gave room to the idea of individual Carta, the exhibition provides students with activities where they freedom and limitation of the power, one of the learn about central principles such as the Rule of Law, power and cornerstones of all contemporary democracies. governance, and criminal punishment. th The exhibition launch followed a lecture by Professor Paul Brand, How far can a Royal Charter written in early 13 of English Legal History from All Souls College, Oxford. Professor Century be considered fundamental to building Brand was welcomed by the Honourable Chief Justice of the High modern freedoms? The speakers will be Professor Court of Australia, Robert French AC, and was introduced by a Maurizio Fioravanti, a legal historian at the Unviersity Justice of the High Court, the Honourable Kenneth Hayne AC. of Firenze, Florence, Italy, and Nicholas Bamforth, Fellow in Law, Queen’s College Oxford. Professor Brand’s lecture was entitled “Magna Carta and the Development of the Common Law” and provided an account of The Seminar will be introduced by Professor the Magna Carta’s central role in the history of the Common Law Alessandro Torre, Constitutional Lawyer from Bari, in the context of Medieval England. Italy, and President of the Devolution Club. Sebastian Payne, of the UK Constitutional Law Association, will The lecture and exhibition launch were attended by the Justices serve as Chair. The lectiones will be discussed by of the , the High Commissioners for the Peter Leyland, a constitutional lawyer from London. United Kingdom, Singapore and Canada, the Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory, and many other distinguished guests.

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Arundel Castle Celebrates Magna Carta

Arundel Castle in West Sussex (pictured) is to host Keen to maintain the Castle’s reverence for Magna Carta, this an exhibition exploring the role that Magna Carta year its exhibition will be dedicated to the historic Charter. The exhibition will contain letters, photographs and other material has played throughout its history. from the Duke of Norfolk’s Library and Archives.

The famous clause 13, ‘To no one will we sell, to no one deny Castle Manager Bryan McDonald comments: “The significance or delay right of justice’ came to be seen as the foundation of of Magna Carta has not waned in the 800 years since its English Liberty and freedom in subsequent centuries – with confirmation. It feels particularly fitting that Arundel Castle Charles Howard, the 11th Duke of Norfolk, a keen supporter of should commemorate its 800th anniversary, even if not on the this. same scale as Charles Howard’s celebrations of the 600th anniversary in 1815! We hope that our visitors will enjoy the With his political ideals of liberty and justice in mind, the 11th opportunity to explore some of the treasures from Arundel Duke opted for a Gothic restoration of Arundel Castle in the Castle’s Archives and learn more about how Magna Carta 1790s, including a carved stone relief of King Alfred instituting influenced the Castle’s history.” Trial by Jury. The great Barons’ Hall at Arundel Castle was originally built by the Duke in commemoration of the Magna For more information about Arundel Castle and its events, visit Carta Barons. He also hosted a lavish party at Arundel Castle www.arundelcastle.org. in 1815 to commemorate the 600th anniversary or Magna Carta.

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The Devon & Somerset Lord Bates – a Magna Law Society (DASLS) Carta Pilgrimage The DASLS has Lord (Michael) announced a programme of events Bates’, a Minister to celebrate the 800th at the Home Office anniversary of the and former MP, sealing of Magna Carta. This includes a lecture is marking the from the former Attorney General, the Right Honourable anniversary with a twenty-five mile walk from Dominic Grieve QC, on the 12th June. Other events include: Runnymede to Westminster. Magna Carta is rd Wednesday 3 June: Exeter Magna Carta Legal Walk the foundation of our liberty and our parliament. (www.swist.org.uk) Michael has undertaken a number of long th Thursday 11 June : MOOT, a legal debate for law students. distance walks; in 2011 he walked 3,000 miles 5-7pm, Exeter Guildhall from Olympia, Greece, to London and in 2014 he Thursday 11th June: Presentation of essay prizes, sponsored by Browne Jacobson, Exeter Guildhall walked 1,000 miles from Westminster to Berlin.

Sunday 14th June: Legal Sunday Service and procession of Lord Bates, pictured, said, “Each person will want to reflect legal dignitaries. Procession commences 11.20 am followed the significance of Magna Carta’s anniversary in their own by a Reception for all participants at the Corn Exchange, way. For me that way is walking between two cornerstones of Exeter, hosted by the High Sheriff of Devon & DASLS. our great country.”

Friday 12th June – Tuesday 16th June: Exhibition of historic Click here for more information about Magna Carta and documents at, Exeter Cathedral (pictured) Parliament.

For further information please contact: Tony Steiner DASLS, 01392 366 333 New list of Battlefields Click here to find out more about Magna Carta and Exeter. sites developed by the Magna Carta 800 Medway Battlefields Trust Conference – A comprehensive list of Magna Carta Battlefields has been developed by The Human Rights Office the Battlefields Trust. The list, part of the Magna Carta 800th Battlefields th th 15 – 19 June project, covers more than sixty sites of importance and can be viewed here on Preparations are nearing completion for this educational our website. conference. It will include an exhibition and workshops focused on understanding human rights, the Rule of Law and the development of both across history. A key objective of the project is to link this historic event to the role of citizenship, with an international focus. Click here for more information.

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Magna Carta exhibition Magna Carta Trails opens in Durham city Commemorate Magna Carta’s 800th Anniversary with a trip through the historical sites which played major roles in the birth of the Great Charter. • Trail 1: London to Windsor Includes the City of London, British Library, Runnymede, Windsor and Odiham.

• Trail 2: Salisbury and Wiltshire Includes Salisbury, Stonehenge and Trowbridge.

• Trail 3: Cathedral Cities of the North Includes Lincoln, York, Cartmel, and Durham. ‘Magna Carta and the Changing face of Revolt’ • Trail 4: Kent and Includes Canterbury, Faversham, Rochester, Dover explores the Charter as part of a long history of Castle and Pevensey. rebellion. The exhibition will run from the 1st June • Trail 5: East of England st to 31 August 2015, at Durham University’s Includes St Albans, Bury St Edmunds, Framlingham, Palace Green Library, in the heart of Durham . City’s UNESCO World Heritage site. • Trail 6: The Heart of England Includes Oxford, Worcester, Evesham, and Hereford. The exhibition evaluates the contested identity of the ‘citizen’, and features key moments in history such as the Wars of the Roses, the Great Reform Acts, and the Suffragette movement.

On display will be the only surviving copy of the 1216 issue of Magna Carta, on loan from the collections of Durham Cathedral. The unique Charter will be shown alongside objects from Durham University’s collections and loans from other regional and national museums and libraries. These include:

The Great Reform Act of 1832 (properly known as An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales) from the Parliamentary Archives.

The beautiful Bosworth Cross of Richard III, from the collections of the Society of Antiquaries, London.

An impressive set of over 100 coins from the Breckenbrough Hoard, from York Museums Trust.

The Lacock Cup – a rare survival of a beautifully crafted medieval feasting cup, from the British Museum.

Click here for more information about Magna Carta and Durham.

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Newsletter / Issue 16 June 2015 Books

There are many books being released this year to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. All books here can be viewed, with more information provided, on our books section on our website.

Magna Carta Chronicle: Young Magna Carta: The Foundation of Person’s Guide to 800 Years in Freedom 1215-2015 the Fight for Freedom Magna Carta: Nicholas Vincent, Editor and Christopher Lloyd and Patrick Contributor, Third Millennium Publishing, Skipworth (1 April 2015) £24.50 pb, £29.50 hb What on Earth Publishing With Nicholas Vincent leading off with the law before (Launching 21 April 2015) Magna Carta, Plantagenet tyranny, King John, etc., joining www.whatonearthbooks.com £8.99 with other leading Magna Carta scholars, including David The Magna Carta Chronicle, written as if the day Carpenter, Anthony Musson, Justin Champion, Joyce Lee following the “King’s Fate sealed at Runnymede”, Malcolm (on America’s entrenchment) and others plus by the ‘Royal Correspondent’ on 16 June 1215, to outstanding illustrations, this book is the gold standard of “Crowds gather to mark 800 years in the fight for the breadth and depth of both a fabulous ‘coffee table’ freedom and rights” by the home affairs correspondent, book and serious scholarship. Runnymede, Windsor, June 16, 2015 – spectacular Outstandingly written and illustrated. Makes a splendid gift. illustrated time line of 800 years of the Rule of Law and human rights. Fantastic timeline, fun and informative, 11-14 year olds.

Magna Carta and the Rule of Law Magna Carta This book was written by a Carpenter, David distinguished international group of David Carpenter’s commentary draws scholars and features a foreword by on new discoveries to provide a Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice comprehensive assessment of Magna Sandra Day O’Connor. Dan Magraw Carta and its relevance in legal and is a member of the American Bar political issues. Association and a member of the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Commemoration Committee, alongside former American Bar Association President Stephen Zacks.

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