The Baronial Order of Magna Charta - Membership Requirements

Membership Requirements

Membership in the BOMC may be extended to men and women of good moral character who can establish through genealogical proofs (i.e., primary or acceptable secondary sources) their descent from one of the twenty five Magna Charta Surety Barons:

• William d'Aubigny, Lord of Belvoir Castle.
• Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk.
• Hugh Bigod, Heir to the Earldoms of Norfolk and Suffolk.
• Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford.
• Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford.
• Gilbert de Clare, heir to the earldom of Hertford.
• John FitzRobert, Lord of Warkworth Castle.
• Robert Fitzwalter, Lord of Dunmow Castle.
• William de Fortibus, Earl of Albemarle.
• William Hardell, **Mayor of the City of London.
• William de Huntingfield, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk.
• John de Lacie, Lord of Pontefract Castle.
• William de Lanvallei, Lord of Standway Castle.
• William Malet, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset.
• Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex and Gloucester.
• William Marshall Jr, heir to the earldom of Pembroke.
• Roger de Montbegon, Lord of Hornby Castle, Lancashire.
• Richard de Montfichet, Baron.
• William de Mowbray, Lord of Axholme Castle.
• Richard de Percy, Baron.
• Saire/Saher de Quincey, Earl of Winchester.
• Robert de Roos, Lord of Hamlake Castle.
• Geoffrey de Saye, Baron.
• Robert de Vere, heir to the earldom of Oxford.
• Eustace de Vesci, Lord of Alnwick Castle.

Descendants of the following non-Surety supporters of the Magna Charta are also candidates for membership in the BOMC: William III d'Aubigny, Hubert de Burgh, Alan of Galloway, William Marshall, Sr., and William IV de Warenne. Membership may also be considered for individuals of good moral character who, while not descended from a surety or non-surety supporter, have an interest in the purposes of the BOMC.

The BOMC maintains a partial list of "gateway" immigrants who descend from Magna Charta Barons. Many of these individuals and their descendants played significant roles in the history of the United States. For example, George Washington's family descend from William d'Aubigny, Lord of Belvoir Castle.