Magna Carta and the Barons wars
Magna Carta was signed in the "First 200 years" of Belchamp Walter History.
Using Thomas Wright's History and Toppology of Essex as a starting point for the history of Belchamp Walter there seems to be little mention of Magna Carta. However, the "players" in the Barons wars do have some connection to the area. Wright was not particularly helpful in the understanding of this period.
Barons Wars
Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex - son of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex (Need to check this)
William de Beauchamp of Bedford - a Magna Carta Baron
de Clare
There were two de Clare Barons in the Council of 25 Barons that were appointed under clause 61 to monitor King John's future conduct. Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford was another Baron
The Demese Lord for Belchamp Walter was supposedly Aubrey de Vere and the villages of Clare (the home of the de Clare's), Castle Hedingham (the home of the de Vere's) are both neighbouring villages.
Wikipedia
List of Barons
The Barons from the Belchamp Walter area in 1215 were the de Veres and the de Clares
- William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
- William de Beauchamp (died 1260) - the de Beuachamp family
- William d'Aubigny (rebel)
- Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex - Earls of Essex
- John FitzRobert
- Robert Fitzwalter
- Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester - The de Clare family
- William Hardell
- Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford
- Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford - The de Clare Family
- William of Huntingfield
- William de Lanvallei
- John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln
- William Malet (Magna Carta baron) - The Malet family
- Roger de Montbegon
- Richard de Montfichet
- William de Mowbray - The de Mowbray Family
- Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk
- Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk
- Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford
- William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
- Richard de Percy
- Robert de Ros (died 1227)
- Geoffrey de Saye II
- Eustace de Vesci
- Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester
The Harvard Copy
May 2025 - A news item where a copy of Magna Carta that was sold to Harvard University in 1946 that was not thought to be of much importance now turns out that it is.
The presentation was by Professor David Carpenter of Oxford University who is a renown author on the subject of Magna Carta. Below is the description from the Amazon listing for Magna Carta by Carpenter, David (David A.)
The copy was aquired by Harvard from a Sotheby's auchion. The inventory of aquisitions at Harvard records this as the Property of Air Vice Marshall Forster Herbert Martin Maynard and the date of 1327.
1297 Version of Magna Carta - Edward I
There is a copy (an original document not a copy of the 1215 Magna) of a Magna Carta in the National Archives that is dated 1297. It is a version that was drawn up to curtail Edward I and his attempts to raise money for his battles.
If there are 14th century versions of Magna Carta, i.e. 1327, then I guess that this is possible.
The 1327 date would correspond to the end of Edward II reign