Genealogy fact of the Day:
Barons who signed the Magna Cart..
Published: September 12th 2023, 10:50:22 pm
Genealogy fact of the Day:
Barons who signed the Magna Carta of 1215
The committee of Twenty Five were a group of barons in the forefront of the opposition to King John who were entrusted by the terms of clause 61 of Magna Carta to ensure the king’s compliance with its terms.
The Barons
Eustace de Vesci
Robert de Ros
Richard de Percy
William de Mowbray
Roger de Montbegon
John FitzRobert
William de Forz
John de Lacy
Saer de Quincy, Earl of Winchester
Richard de Montfichet
William de Huntingfield
Roger Bigod and Hugh Bigod
Robert de Vere
Geoffrey de Mandeville
Henry de Bohun
Richard de Clare and Gilbert de Clare
William D'Albini
Robert Fitzwalter
William Hardel
William de Lanvallei
William Malet
William Marshall II
Geoffrey de Say
I am descended from many of these signers. You may be as well if you have early English ancestry.
