Henry I, King of England
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Henry I · Henricus · Henry Beauclerk · Henry I., King of England · King Henry I · pater meus (in the Charter of Henry II) · the "lion of justice"
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Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
King Henry I of England (r. 1100-1135), whose coronation charter of 1100 is reproduced as a documentary appendix and repeatedly invoked as the precedent for Magna Carta and the 'unknown charter'.
When the northern barons met the demand of 26th May, 1214, for a scutage, by the counter demand for a confirmation of Henry Beauclerk’s Charter, John’s Regent, Peter des Roches, wrote to the King, then in Poitou, for instructions, enclosing a transcript of Henry’s Charter, to which he had appended a jotting to remind John of the promise already made on 28th August, 1213, through Stephen Langton.
“This is the Charter of King Henry, by which the barons seek their liberties, and these following are granted by King John,” words which invite comparison with the heading of the Articuli Baronum, and suggest that the document under description may have formed a link between Henry I.
Henricus Dei gratia rex Anglorum omnibus baronibus et fidelibus suis tam Francigenis quam Anglis salutem.