# Talk:Magna Carta

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It was displayed in San Francisco, 
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It was displayed, 7 May 2011  through 5 June 2011, at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, from the Bodleian Library, with an English translation,

 
2601:646:203:E7B0:B8AD:DE20:D02C:535E (talk) 20:35, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

I think "It was displayed in San Francisco," is from the section about the 1215 Lincoln copy. The date for that exhibition isn't clear but from this talk seems to have been sometime in the mid-70s ("In 1976 it was placed in the Cathedral’s medieval library.  This move was funded by generous donations from the United States.  Magna Carta had been brought over to San Francisco for a month through the sponsorship of the Union Bank.")
The 2011 exhibition was one of the 1217 Bodleian copies, and this is already mentioned & cited a couple of paragraphs below ("One of the Bodleian's copies was displayed at San Francisco's California Palace of the Legion of Honor in 2011."), so I think this is already covered. Andrew Gray (talk) 20:27, 17 May 2025 (UTC)

According to Faversham Charters & Magna Carta Exhibition, there are 6 versions of Magna Carta, the last one being the 1300 version that HLS library held. However, the current article doesn't make it clear that there are six versions, and the 1300 one is the last version. Only five versions are clearly stated in TOC. I suggest to update it to make it six. Happyseeu (talk) 17:07, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

I may be missing something, but the article does indeed mention all six, corresponding to those listed in the Faversham link you provided: 1215, 1216, 1217, 1225, 1297 and 1300. Can you point out where correction is needed? MichaelMaggs (talk) 17:27, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
Looking at it again, the 1297 section has a couple of sections on 1297 and then moves straight into "With the reconfirmation of the charters in 1300...". The post-1300 reconfirmations are then dealt with very quickly in a later section ("reconfirmed 32 times according to Sir Edward Coke, and possibly as many as 45 times").
So it's a little odd - the article treats 1297 as the last one significant enough for a specific heading, but 1300 as the last one notable enough to discuss individually in detail and also the last one where the individual copies are notable. Andrew Gray (talk) 21:45, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
For completeness I've added a 1300 subsection heading. The whole thing could do with a review, though. MichaelMaggs (talk) 13:28, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

A small research projects has shown that clause 25 is about weights and measures not clause 35. Statute Law Revision Act 1948 pg.6
This translation of Magna Carta, by the national archives has fewer clauses and shows that clause 25 is about weights and measure 62.232.178.242 (talk) 20:10, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

The US National Archives translation is of the 1297 one that they have a copy of - note that the preamble begins "Edward by the grace of God King of England, lord of Ireland...", so it must date to the reign of King Edward. The Statute Law Revision Act is repealing the version that exists in English law, which is also the 1297 version.
The numbers given in the article are for the original 1215 version of the Charter, which included a large number of clauses that were removed in later versions.
So the weights and measures clause was originally #35; after some of the intervening ones were removed, it became #25 in the later version, and that is the one that has passed into law and later got repealed. Andrew Gray (talk) 21:53, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

NO MENTION OF THE BELOW INFORMATION IS MADE IN THE HISTORY SECTION DESCRIBING THE 1216 MAGNA CARTA (ISSUED BY HENRY'S REGENCY) Can we please include this? There is only one surviving copy, at Durham:
When the 1215 Magna Carta was declared null and void, the result was civil war. Events changed when King John suddenly died in October 1216, and his nine-year-old son was declared King Henry III (1216-1272).
Henry’s regency government, led by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke (1147-1219), and Cardinal Guala Bicchieri (1150-1227), moved quickly to secure his throne and peace by offering a new version of Magna Carta. Henry was not old enough to have his own great seal, so the document was issued in his name but with the seals of Marshal and Bicchieri, in November 1216.
Durham Cathedral has the only surviving issue of the 1216 Magna Carta. Its seals are missing, but the text states it was sealed by William Marshal and Cardinal Bicchieri, acting as regents on behalf of the young King Henry III.
Source: https://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/explore/treasures-collections/our-most-famous-items/magna-carta-and-the-charter-of-the-forest 188.39.84.242 (talk) 19:44, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean by "no mention is made ...". I see the second paragraph of the lead beginning "After John's death, the regency government of his young son, Henry III, reissued the document in 1216 ..."; a 3-paragraph subsection under History headed Great Charter of 1216; and a sentence in the Later exemplifications subsection reading "Only one exemplification of the 1216 charter survives, held in Durham Cathedral." Please explain what information you think is missing. GrindtXX (talk) 20:16, 19 June 2025 (UTC)
 Not done: As said above by GrindtXX. Also, not specified exactly what change is being requested here. SI09 (talk) 17:02, 20 June 2025 (UTC)