Day 1St Albans and Bury St Edmunds
AM: At St. Albans Abbey, barons and
clergy met in 1213 to demand
payment from King John for past
grievances.
PM: At the High Altar of the Abbey in
Bury St. Edmunds the barons reputedly
met to swear an oath of allegiance to
each other to force King John to accept
the Charter.
Day 2Framlingham and Norwich
AM: Framlingham Castle in Suffolk
is home of Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl
of Norfolk, and one of the most
important of the 25 baronial sureties
of Magna Carta.
PM: In 1216 Norwich castle was
captured by French forces led by Prince
Louis, son of the King of France.
