QUESTION 201: Was the "original" Geoffrey Luttrell, a long-time supporter and minister to King John, a "rebel" Baron (in opposition to the King) at the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215? ANSWER 201- A The "National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons" lists Geoffrey de Luttrell as one of the 200 Barons who "were in arms to procure the Great Charter of Liberties from King John A. D. 1213-15". However. . . "In 1215, John (King of England) appointed Sir Geoffrey Luttrell to be his sole agent in negotiations with regard to the dower of Queen Berengaria, commissioning him at the same time to join with the Archbishops of Bordeaux and Dublin in denouncing to the Pope the rebellious barons who had recently extorted the Great Charter of English Liberties. In one of the documents connected with this business, he is styled 'nobilis vir'. His mission was so far successful that Innocent the Third annulled the Charter, suspended the Archbishop of Canterbury, and excommunicated the barons, but it is uncertain whether Sir Geoffrey Luttrell was one of those who conveyed the papal bull from Rome to England. The exact date of his death, which must have taken place in 1216, or at the latest in 1217, is not recorded." Lyte, Sir H. C. Maxwell, A History of Dunster, pg. 60, 1909. For additional information about the Magna Carta, click on the following links: |
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QUESTION 201: Was the "original" Geoffrey Luttrell, a long-time supporter and minister to King John, a "rebel" Baron (in opposition to the King) at the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215? ANSWER 201- A The "National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons" lists Geoffrey de Luttrell as one of the 200 Barons who "were in arms to procure the Great Charter of Liberties from King John A. D. 1213-15". However. . . "In 1215, John (King of England) appointed Sir Geoffrey Luttrell to be his sole agent in negotiations with regard to the dower of Queen Berengaria, commissioning him at the same time to join with the Archbishops of Bordeaux and Dublin in denouncing to the Pope the rebellious barons who had recently extorted the Great Charter of English Liberties. In one of the documents connected with this business, he is styled 'nobilis vir'. His mission was so far successful that Innocent the Third annulled the Charter, suspended the Archbishop of Canterbury, and excommunicated the barons, but it is uncertain whether Sir Geoffrey Luttrell was one of those who conveyed the papal bull from Rome to England. The exact date of his death, which must have taken place in 1216, or at the latest in 1217, is not recorded." Lyte, Sir H. C. Maxwell, A History of Dunster, pg. 60, 1909. For additional information about the Magna Carta, click on the following links: |
