There will be a flower festival on 6th and 7th June 2015, organised by Lucy Foster in St Andrew’s Church (which would have been over one hundred years’ old in 1215). For more information, please click here
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Magna Carta: Icon of Justice – Pledge of Freedom
23 March – 3 September Hereford Cathedral boasts two important Magna Carta items, housed in its New Library Building, alongside a wealth of other medieval treasures. The first of these is the finest surviving 1217 Magna Carta, a significant revision and reissue of King John’s Magna Carta by his son, Henry III. This superseded the […]
Magna Carta Services at Canterbury Cathedral
9 – 17 June Services will be followed by a procession through the City. Stephen Langton was Archbishop of Canterbury between 1207 and his death in 1228, and was a central figure in the political dispute between King John of England and Pope Innocent III, which led to the issuing of Magna Carta in 1215. […]
Lincoln: Three Choirs Festival
A feast of English music at Lincoln Cathedral performed by three choirs and other classical performers. The choirs of Lincoln, Peterborough and Southwell Cathedrals will come together for a feast of mainly English music over four days in June 2015. On Thursday 18th June there will be an opening gala evening featuring Tasmin Little, the […]
Lincoln’s Magna Carta Weekend
13 June Lincoln will host the Magna Carta Weekend to celebrate the 800th anniversary sealing of Magna Carta exactly 800 years to the day it was first sealed in 1215. From carnival costumes and samba, to storytelling and street art, the Magna Carta Weekend will provide two days and one night of memorable music, sights […]
Magna Carta Lecture Series: High Sheriff’s Legal Service & Speaker Lord Judge
10 June This event hosts the High Sheriff’s Legal Service, followed by Speaker Lord Judge who will be holding the next discussion in the Magna Carta Lecture Series in Lincoln Cathedral. The 2015 Magna Lecture Series continues with this special event that hosts both the High Sheriff’s Legal Service, and Lord Judge’s addition to the […]
The Annual Magna Carta Lecture
10 June In the 800th anniversary year of Magna Carta, the annual Magna Carta lecture is held at Lincoln Cathedral. Lincoln Cathedral once again hosts the annual Magna Carta lecture. The free, public lecture will raise awareness of the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta’s signing in 2015 and the surrounding celebrations in Lincoln. Speaker to […]
‘Marks of Genius’ exhibition, at the Morgan Library, Oxford
The Bodleian Library will display the Gloucester Charter from 6th June – 28th September 2015 at the new Weston Library in an exhibition entitled Marks of Genius. The library is also planning a smaller display in the atrium of the Weston Library and hopes to show two other Charters there in May and June, with […]
Worcester Cathedral: Sunday Service to mark 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta
Join this special service of Evensong sung by the Cathedral Choir in the Quire where King John is buried. This Holy space responds to all human need, giving forgiveness and peace to any who seek it. It is likely that this traditional act of worship will include the new Magna Carta Anthem. From 12 noon […]
Worcester Cathedral: Talks by King John’s Tomb
Was King John a bad King? Listen to one of the Cathedrals experienced guides talk about John’s life, loves, and the time that he lived in. Hear about what happened to some of John’s family after his death and the legacy that his son Henry III took forward, what he did for Worcester Cathedral and […]