October 28th, 2025
Magna Carta is the world’s oldest constitutional document. It has been seen as the cornerstone of liberty throughout the English-speaking world. But the story of how it came to be
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October 25th, 2025
King Stephen died on 25th October 1154 at Dover. He was buried at Faversham Abbey, alongside Queen Matilda and their son, Eustace. King Stephen and his queen Matilda founded
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October 13th, 2025
Tickets for the ‘Faversham and District Community Lottery’ cost just £1 a week. Each ticket has a 1 in 50 chance to win a prize each week, with a top
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September 22nd, 2025
Follow the Medieval and Tudor town trail around Faversham and view some of our beautiful historical buildings. Learn facts as you make your way around about real Faversham pirate John
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August 6th, 2025
It’s Wheels of Time’s 10th anniversary year and we’d like you to earn one of our special anniversary badges. Visit Faversham Charters and Magna Carta Exhibition to complete
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July 22nd, 2025
Faversham’s 9th surviving Charter 1364 — Edward III Confirming the charters of Henry III and Edward I of 1252 and 1302 to the barons of Faversham, together with all the
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July 18th, 2025
Faversham’s 8th surviving Charter 1302 — Edward I Confirmation of the charter of Henry III to the barons of Faversham. The barons of Faversham are granted all the freedoms that
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June 9th, 2025
Followers of this website will know about the Magna Carta, but have you ever heard of the Astra Carta? Neither had I until last night when I attended a
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May 28th, 2025
Join us at Faversham’s Volunteer Recruitment Fair on Tuesday 3rd June 10am-2pm at The Guildhall, Market Place, Faversham. You can pick up more information and an application form. Chat to
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May 20th, 2025
You may have read the news last week that a 1300 Magna Carta has been authenticated at Harvard University in USA, this brings the number of 1300 Magna Carta’s to
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May 10th, 2025
King Charles III has approved his new Great Seal of the Realm. A seal is used on official state documents to show the Monarch’s royal approval. The metal seal matrix
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March 28th, 2025
725 years ago today the 1300 Magna Carta was issued. It was the last confirmation of the 1225 Magna Carta drawn up by the Royal Chancery, and was distributed under
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March 23rd, 2025
Less famous than its 1215 predecessor, the Magna Carta of 1225 held the true power. The Magna Carta of 1215 is celebrated globally as the foundation of modern liberties and
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March 8th, 2025
On International Women’s Day we celebrate the only surviving charter in Faversham from a queen. Queen Elizabeth I granted the charter in 1576, but what is the story behind
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February 14th, 2025
OPEN FAVERSHAM WEEK Historic Fingerloop Braiding with Sue Lamberton. Learn the basics of this fascinating textile weaving technique found throughout history all over the world including medieval and renaissance
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February 10th, 2025
A lovely mention about Faversham Charters and Magna Carta on today’s episode of Escape to the Country. Thank you! You can watch it now on BBC iplayer
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January 27th, 2025
BODLEIAN LIBRARIES MAGNA CARTA EXHIBITION NOW OPEN! Magna Carta 1225 celebrates the 800th anniversary of the definitive issue of Magna Carta in 1225. Although Magna Carta is now closely associated
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January 24th, 2025
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January 17th, 2025
We will have special activities at 12 Market Place during the following events this year: Open Faversham Week Sat 24th May – Sun 1st June Magna Carta Anniversary on Sat
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January 10th, 2025
Thinking about a 2025 holiday? TUI, Booking.com, Haven Holidays, Expedia, loveholidays & 1,000s more work with easyfundraising so Faversham Charters And Magna Carta can receive a free donation when you
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January 5th, 2025
5 January – Twelfth Night The twelfth day of Christmas was known as Twelfth Night. It marked the night before the feast of the Epiphany, the coming of the wise
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January 1st, 2025
1 January – New Year’s Day In Tudor England the eighth day of Christmas or New Year’s Day, not Christmas Day, was the traditional time to give gifts. Evidence suggests
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December 31st, 2024
31 December – New year’s Eve New Year’s Eve, the seventh day of Christmas, was traditionally a day for playing games and sports. Rich people hunted and played cards and
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December 28th, 2024
28 December – Childermas Childermas, or the Feast of the Holy Innocents, was on the fourth day of Christmas. On this day, people remembered the children murdered in Bethlehem by
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December 27th, 2024
27 December – The Feast of St John The third day of Christmas was the Feast of St John, who was said to have miraculously drunk a glass of poisoned
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December 26th, 2024
26 December – The Feast of St Stephen The second day of Christmas in Tudor England was the Feast of St Stephen. He was the first Christian martyr (a person
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December 25th, 2024
On the first day of Christmas… We all know the popular Christmas song, ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, with its ‘partridge in a pear tree’ and ‘Five gold rings!’, but
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December 24th, 2024
MEDIEVAL CHRISTMAS It’s a common misconception that our modern view of Christmas and how to celebrate it in the UK originated only in the nineteenth century. But although Queen Victoria
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December 20th, 2024
Some well known modern Christmas traditions have their roots in Medieval celebrations: Christmas or Xmas? Although many people frown upon the seemingly modern abbreviation of Xmas, X stands for the
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December 13th, 2024
We are beginning to add translations of our charters, please see below which have been done and are on our website: Charter 1252 – Henry III Charter 1260 – Henry
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December 5th, 2024
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November 20th, 2024
We are proud to have been a member of the Kent Wheels of Time scheme since April. According to recent data shared with us, we along with one other site
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November 15th, 2024
NOW TAKING SCHOOL BOOKINGS FOR THE SPRING TERM! We welcomed 2 classes from Bysing Wood School this week. The children enjoyed dressing in our medieval costumes. They learnt about medieval
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November 11th, 2024
Follow our step by step guide to sign up to easyfundraising and help us raise money for our education programme. The donation is made by the retailer, so it costs
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November 8th, 2024
Buy a £1 lottery ticket using our link below and we’ll receive 60p. All money raised supports our education programme. This month you could win a PS5 bundle, just in
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November 4th, 2024
The newly appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Admiral Sir George Zambellas GCB DSC DL and his wife, Lady Amanda visited us last week. Faversham has many of its
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October 25th, 2024
The origin of the company and fraternity of free-fishermen and dredgermen of Faversham is reckoned to have existed ‘time out of mind’, which is a legal term used to denote
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October 21st, 2024
Buy one or more tickets before Sat 26 October 2024 for the Super Draw and be in with a chance to win an iPhone 16. Or you can play weekly
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October 18th, 2024
“At its most basic, looking after archives is about ensuring they are safe and protected from extreme temperatures and humidity, wherever and whatever they are.” The National Archives In
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October 16th, 2024
Magna Carta (“Great Charter”) was a royal charter of rights agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. Although more than 800 years
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October 11th, 2024
Have you seen our beautiful A6 lined notebook and pen? It’s now reduced in price to £4.99! It has a soft touch cover, bookmark, elastic closer and ball point pen,
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October 2nd, 2024
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September 27th, 2024
We are very excited to be taking part in Faversham’s Medieval and Tudor Farmer’s Market on Sunday! Please pop in to see our collection of Medieval and Tudor charters, including
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September 16th, 2024
Are you in town for the day with your dog, but you’re unsure where you can go. Look no further, Faversham Charters and Magna Carta exhibition is dog friendly and
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September 11th, 2024
We often get visitors from other countries at Faversham Charters and Magna Carta, but we were amazed to learn that just this year we have had visitors from 35 different
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September 6th, 2024
Faversham provided ease of access as it lay on one of the great highways of western Christendom. It provided important trading connections with Boulogne and Flanders. By 1300 Faversham was
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September 2nd, 2024
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August 30th, 2024
We will be closed during Hop Festival weekend, sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
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