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To: harpygoddess
I was reading some genealogy notes from a genealogy site. An ancestor was a surety for the Magna Carta and I do not know what that was. Does anyone?
3 posted on 06/15/2018 1:23:12 PM PDT by MamaB (Heb :13:2)
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To: MamaB

“At the signing of the Magna Carta, twenty-five men, representing the barons, signed as sureties of the baronial performance, in effect pledging the barons to fulfill their obligations to the Crown in accordance with the terms of the Great Charter.”


5 posted on 06/15/2018 1:36:57 PM PDT by macgregor_45
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To: MamaB

did you go to school in the United States?

If you graduated from high school before 1975 then you should know what the Magna Carte is.

If you graduated from high school after 1975 then you are probably having a difficult time reading this post.


8 posted on 06/15/2018 3:48:10 PM PDT by dirtymac
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To: MamaB

A Magna Surety was a nobleman that swore an oath that he would “ensure” that the King would comply with the provisions of the Charter.


11 posted on 06/15/2018 7:14:50 PM PDT by ops33 (SMSgt, USAF, Retired)
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