The Magna Carta Barons
See
The Magna Carta Barons Association
The Magna Carta oak trees 2024
The Magna Carta Barons, edited by Peter Sinclair
‘Magna Carta‘, a poem by Marriott Edgar
The 800th anniversary of Magna Carta took place in 2015. Alongside the state celebrations, the towns and villages where England’s 25 rebel barons came from in 1215 also celebrated their connection with the charter and the many generations of residents who lived and worked in them for over eight centuries.
Magna Carta: 800 Years of Liberty
The Barons
Kinship Ties
The Manors
The following short biographies of each baron were written by Professor Nigel Saul at Royal Holloway University of London, and the accompanying illustrations were selected by Peter Sinclair as published in The Magna Carta Barons, which is now out of print.
- William d’Aubigny, Belvoir, Leicestershire
- Roger and Hugh Bigod, Framlingham, Suffolk
- Henry de Bohun, Trowbridge, Wiltshire
- Richard and Gilbert de Clare, Clare, Suffolk
- John FitzRobert, Warkworth, Northumberland
- Robert FitzWalter, Little Dunmow, Essex
- William de Forz, Skipton, Yorkshire
- William Hardel, City of London
- William de Huntingfield, Huntingfield, Suffolk
- John de Lacy, Pontefract, West Yorkshire
- William de Lanvalei, Walkern, Hertfordshire
- William Malet, Curry Mallet, Somerset
- Geoffrey de Mandeville, Pleshey, Essex
- William Marshal (father and son), Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire
- Roger de Montbegon, Hornby, Lancashire
- Richard de Montfichet, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex
- William de Mowbray, Thirsk, North Yorkshire
- Richard de Percy, Topcliffe, North Yorkshire
- Saer de Quincy, Leicester, Leicestershire
- Robert de Ros, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
- Geoffrey de Say, West Greenwich, London
- Robert de Vere, Castle Hedingham, Essex
- Eustace de Vesci, Alnwick, Northumberland
Also see
Magna Carta, 1215
The Barons’ Responsibilities
The Articles of the Barons, 1215
The Charter of the Forest, 1217
The Charter of the Commons, 2019
