Mission

THE SPECIFIC PURPOSES OF THE BARONIAL ORDER OF MAGNA CHARTA ARE AS FOLLOWS: A. TO COLLECT AND SECURE FOR PRESERVATION RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, LINEAGES, AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATA RELATIVE TO THE GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY AND LAW BASED ON, AND STEMMING FROM, THAT HISTORIC MOMENT COINCIDENT WITH THE RATIFICATION OF MAGNA CHARTA IN JUNE 1215 BY JOHN, KING OF ENGLAND, AT RUNNYMEDE MEADOW, NEAR STAINES-UPON-THAMES. B. TO SEE TO IT THAT SUCH DATA IS PLACED FOR SAFEKEEPING AND RESEARCH IN SUCH LOCATIONS AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME; TO THE END THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAY HAVE ACCESS AND THEREBY GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MAGNA CHARTA PRINCIPLES. C. TO HONOR INDIVIDUALS WHO, BY THEIR SERVICES TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD, FURTHER THE PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED BY MAGNA CHARTA. D. TO INSPIRE MEMBERS OF THE ORDER WITH THE SPIRIT OF LAW AND ORDER, ENGENDERED BY MAGNA CHARTA, AND FURTHER PROMOTE THE FEELINGS OF F