Magna Carta
Reference code
MSS/0544
Title
Magna Carta
Date
1225
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Vellum roll; 3 membranes.
Scope and content
A roll containing the third reissue of Magna Carta, 11 Feb. 1225, with the Charter of the Forest; contemporary copy. The roll contains variant readings, e.g. in the Charter of the Forest an extra clause 'De boscis autem aliorum nullum detur chiugnagium' (i.e. 'chiminagium').
See W. Blackstone, The Great Charter and Charter of the Forest (1759), notes to pp. xlviii, li, who refers to the present roll. J. Gutch, Collectanea Curiosa, II (1781), 352-62, reprints extracts from Blackstone and submissions to SA by the Rev. Charles Lyttelton, 8 Jan. 1761, and Blackstone, 28 May 1762, relating to the roll. Blackstone suggested that that it was not an authentic enrolment but part of a roll containing a collection of statutes. Ker, MMBL (1969), 314.
See W. Blackstone, The Great Charter and Charter of the Forest (1759), notes to pp. xlviii, li, who refers to the present roll. J. Gutch, Collectanea Curiosa, II (1781), 352-62, reprints extracts from Blackstone and submissions to SA by the Rev. Charles Lyttelton, 8 Jan. 1761, and Blackstone, 28 May 1762, relating to the roll. Blackstone suggested that that it was not an authentic enrolment but part of a roll containing a collection of statutes. Ker, MMBL (1969), 314.
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/544
Archival history
Exhibited by Lyttelton to the Society of Antiquaries, 21 December 1749 (Minute Book VI, p. 17) and 8 Jan. 1761 (Minute Book VIII, pp. 274-7). See also Minute Book IX, 10 June 1762, pp. 2-7, for William Blackstone's dating.
Presented by Thomas Pitt, Esq., nephew and executor of the Rev. Charles Lyttelton, 18 April 1771, with MSS/0535 and MSS/0538.
Presented by Thomas Pitt, Esq., nephew and executor of the Rev. Charles Lyttelton, 18 April 1771, with MSS/0535 and MSS/0538.