Note 493 — MAGNA CARTA. (continued 2)

The Charter mentions neither mayor nor commune, but probably by implication confirmed both. Prof. G. B. Adams finds such confirmation, not in c. 13, but in c. 12 (by its application of the word auxilium to London); and maintains that with the omission of this word from subsequent charters "London’s legal right to a commune fell to the ground." Engl. Hist. Rev., XIX. 706.