The Magna Charta Barons at Runnymede Home Page
This is the beginning of a project to provide profiles and
biographical information about the Barons who were at Runnymede in June, 1215 in support
of the Charter. The planned format is to eventually have a page for each of the Barons.
The 25 Surety Barons, listed in the Magna Charta, of whom 17 have
left issue who survived, have received considerable genealogical attention so that the
focus of the information on their pages will be biographical and historical.
The additional 200 Barons who are preliminarily listed below have
not, to our knowledge, received the same attention from authors who have published
genealogical research. The focus of the information on their pages will include some
genealogical information as well as the biographical and historical information.
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This is a listing of the 25* Surety Barons of Magna Charta:
WILLIAM D'ALBINI
Lord of Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire d. 1236
ROGER BIGOD Earl of Norfolk d. 1220
HUGH BIGOD The Earl of Norfolk's heir d. 1225
HENRY DE BOHUN Earl of Hereford d. 1220
RICHARD DE CLARE Earl of Hertford d. 1217
GILBERT DE CLARE The Earl of Hertford's heir d. 1230
JOHN FITZROBERT Lord of Warkworth Castle, Northumberland d. 1240
ROBERT FITZWALTER Lord of Dunmow Castle, Essexshire d. 1234
WILLIAM DE FORTIBUS Earl of Albemarle d. 1241
WILLIAM DE HARDELL Mayor of London d. after 1216
WILLIAM DE HUNTINGFIELD A feudal baron in Suffolk d. 1220
WILLIAM DE LANVALLEI Lord of Stanway Castle, Essex d. 1217
JOHN DE LACIE Lord of Halton Castle, Cheshire d. 1240
WILLIAM MALET Lord of Curry-Malet, Somersetshire d. about 1217
GEOFFREY DE MANDEVILLE Earl of Essex and Gloucester d. 1216
WILLIAM MARSHALL JR The Earl of Pembroke's heir d. 1231
*ROGER DE MONTBEGON Lord of Horneby, Lancashire d. 1226
RICHARD DE MONTFICHET
A feudal baron in Essex? d. after 1258
*ROGER DE MOWBRAY A feudal baron in Northumberland d. 1218
WILLIAM DE MOWBRAY Lord of Axholme Castle, Lincolnshire d. 1223
SAIRE DE QUINCEY Earl of Winchester d. 1219
RICHARD DE PERCY A feudal baron of Yorkshire d. 1244
ROBERT DE ROOS Lord of Hamlake Castle, Yorkshire d. 1226
GEOFFREY DE SAYE A feudal baron in Sussex? d. 1230
ROBERT DE VERE Earl of Oxford d. 1221
EUSTACE DE VESCI
Lord of Alnwick, Northumberland d. 1216
*Note that Roger de Montbegon was an original Surety but was replaced by Roger de
Mowbray. Neither had issue.