My Country – The Habeas Corpus Act of 1679 In 1215, Article 39 of Magna Carta read: “No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor will we send upon him except upon the lawful judgement of his peers or the …
My Country – Stephen Colledge Stephen Colledge (also known as Stephen College) was a troublemaker. He targeted the Catholic Church and the Pope. His weapon of choice: to sing. Oh, and he invented the Protestant Flail. When he arrived at Parliament, he handed out blue ribbons that read, “No Popery, No Slavery.” The defing moment that …