Magna Carta, which is Latin for ‘the Great Charter’, confirmed the principle that everyone including the king was subject to the law of the land and gave all free men the right to justice and a fair trial.
John ruled for seventeen years before contracting dysentery while in Kings Lynn, an illness from which he later died.
On the 27th May 1199 King John was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
On the 15th June 1215, Magna Carta – one of the most famous documents in the world – was approved by King John when he added his seal to it in a field at Runnymede near Windsor in England.
On the 13th February 1689, William and Mary became co-regents of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland after agreeing to the Declaration of Right.
On the 7th June 1628, the Petition of Right was approved by King Charles I.
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