FITZWALTER, Baron of Little Dunmow Robert
1162 - Abt 1235 (73 years)
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One of four surviving copies of the 1215 Magna Carta. This copy is one of two held at the British Library. It came from the coll
| File name | Magna_Carta_(British_Library_Cotton_MS_Augustus_II.106).jpg |
| File Size | 5.97m |
| Dimensions | 7200 x 4800 |
| Caption | One of four surviving copies of the 1215 Magna Carta. This copy is one of two held at the British Library. It came from the collection of Sir Robert Cotton, who died in 1631. In 1731, a fire at Ashburnam House in Westminster, where his library was then housed, destroyed or damaged many of the rare manuscripts, which is why this copy is burnt. |
| Keywords | Magna Carta, Great Charter, 1215, British Library |
| Copyright Notice | public domain |
| Linked to | FITZWALTER, Baron of Little Dunmow Robert |