The Twenty-Five Barons
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Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
The committee of twenty-five barons established under chapter 61 of Magna Carta with power to coerce the King by force if he broke faith.
They relied rather on the revolutionary powers of the twenty–five barons to be appointed under chapter 61.
In other words, instead of constitutional machinery to turn the theories of Magna Carta into realities, “a right of legalized rebellion” was conferred on an executive committee of twenty–five of the King’s enemies.
All fines made with us unjustly and against the law of the land, and all amercements imposed unjustly and against the law of the land, shall be entirely remitted, or else it shall be done concerning them according to the decision of the five–and–twenty barons of whom mention is made below in the clause for securing the peace, or according to the judgment of the majority of the same, along with the …