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| | Last year I wrote a post on Corfe Castle and how it was defended by the formidable Mary Bankes. Well, I have found another such woman. Meet Nicholaa de la Haye, born in the early 1150s, a wealthy heiress and Sheriff of Lincoln. Her first marriage did not prove fruitful, however her second marriage was...
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| | Magna Carta clause 39: No man shall be taken, imprisoned, outlawed, banished or in any way destroyed, nor will we proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land.
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| 12215 Magna Carta, British Library Other than the Queen of England, Isabelle d'Angoulême, only two women who can be clearly identified in Magna Carta itself. Though they are not mentioned by name, they are two Scottish princesses. The older sisters of King Alexander II had been held hostage in England since 1209, when John forced...