More than one copy was made of the Magna Carta (meaning ‘The Great Charter).
(The Magna Carta, which was authorised on 15 June 1215 at Runnymede, is considered one of the first steps towards parliamentary democracy and includes the principle that no one was above the law, including the king.
"No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice."
The four surviving original copies of the 1215 Magna Carta have been brought together for the first time in London.
I always thought there was only one copy - hence "the" Magna Carta.)
