Durham
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The Genius of the Common Law
English county palatine whose Bishop held both secular and spiritual courts.
In England the Bishop of Durham’s secular law followed the king’s so closely that his temporal court issued in his name prohibitions directed to himself as judge of his spiritual court.
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Location where an original copy of the 1225 Charter and its accompanying Forest Charter are preserved.
One original copy of this third reissue of the Great Charter is preserved at Durham with a still perfect impression of Henry’s recently made seal in green wax, though the parchment has been “defaced and obliterated by the unfortunate accident of overturning a bottle of ink.