Magna Carta is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. The villagers’ case included assertions of rights under the Magna Carta, its companion Charter of the Forest and the European Convention on Human Rights. Villagers pointed out that the Charter of the Forest, the companion to the Magna Carta, gave these rights”Notes:1. For background on the Charter of the Forest & Magna Carta please see this video by “The Magna Carta Manifesto” author Peter Linebaugh. The video was recorded as a message to Runnymede eco-villlage for the Festival of Democracy on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta on 15 June 2015 https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=pn60cAr4n4I&feature= player_embedded4.