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| The 17th century mansion that might mark the spot where Magna Carta was sealed, in 1215 |
Magna Carta Project Principal Investigator Nicholas Vincent was
quoted in the Wall Street Journal last week (17 July), about a private island on the
Thames that has recently come up for sale. The island, Nick verifies, is one candidate
for the spot where the first issue of Magna Carta was sealed by King John, in
1215. The island is now the site of a seventeenth-century mansion,
which features a ‘Magna Carta Memorial Room’. At the heart of the room is a
stone upon which, a former owner claimed, King John sealed the Charter. The
mansion will be listed at £3.95 million.
Read the full Wall Street Journal article here.
The property details can be viewed via Sotheby's International Realty UK here.
Project Co-investigator Louise Wilkinson has since been quoted, on the claim that it was this island that hosted the sealing of Magna Carta, in an article in The Independent (22 July), here.
The property details can be viewed via Sotheby's International Realty UK here.
Project Co-investigator Louise Wilkinson has since been quoted, on the claim that it was this island that hosted the sealing of Magna Carta, in an article in The Independent (22 July), here.
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