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*That everything should be of the same weight and measure throughout the Realm—(except the Common People)
 
*That everything should be of the same weight and measure throughout the Realm—(except the Common People)
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and concludes that "[[Magna Charter]] was therefore the chief cause of Democracy in England, and thus a ''Good Thing'' for everyone (except the Common People)."<ref>'''Sellar, W.C. and Yeatman, R.J.''', ''1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England'' London: Methuen (1930) 1998 reprint ISBN 0-4137-7270-5</ref>
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and concludes that "[[Magna Carta|Magna Charter]] was therefore the chief cause of Democracy in England, and thus a ''Good Thing'' for everyone (except the Common People)."<ref>'''Sellar, W.C. and Yeatman, R.J.''', ''1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England'' London: Methuen (1930) 1998 reprint ISBN 0-4137-7270-5</ref>
    
1066 is a reference to the year the [[Battle of Hastings]] was fought, a date that all English schoolchildren memorize, like 1776 in the United States; it is one of Sellar and Yeatman's "2 Genuine Dates,"
 
1066 is a reference to the year the [[Battle of Hastings]] was fought, a date that all English schoolchildren memorize, like 1776 in the United States; it is one of Sellar and Yeatman's "2 Genuine Dates,"
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