Police in Salisbury, England, have arrested a man who, they say, tried to steal the Magna Carta — the 1215 document that established basic tenets of the rule of law.

A photo provided by the Wiltshire Police shows a glass case holding one of four original copies of the Magna Carta, which was damaged by an alleged would-be thief at Salisbury Cathedral, England ...

Only four copies of the Magna Carta remain, and Salisbury Cathedral claims to have the best preserved original manuscript. This copy of the Magna Carta was installed in a glass display cabinet ...

A 45-year-old man was arrested for trying to steal the Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral on Thursday. The 803-year-old document is widely considered one of the most important documents in history.

Salisbury Cathedral's Magna Carta has gone back on display three months after someone tried to steal it. Staff had to wrestle the would-be thief to the ground after parts of the glass case it was ...

Hammer holes in the glass case that housed the Magna Carta at the Salisbury Cathedral, after a 45-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted theft, Friday Oct. 26, 2018.

Man, 46, who 'tried to steal £20million Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral' is charged with attempted theft and criminal damage. Mark Royden, 46, of Devon, will appear in court over the ...

The Salisbury Cathedral was evacuated Thursday after someone allegedly tried to steal a copy of the Magna Carta. A 45-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted theft, possession of an off… ...

Salisbury Cathedral says on its website: “Only four copies of Magna Carta dating from 1215 have survived the ravages of time and Salisbury Cathedral is proud to be home to the best preserved ...

Magna Carta established for the first time that everybody was subject to the law, and that nobody, not even the king, was above that law." It was also the foundation of human rights.

Magna Carta is back on show at Salisbury Cathedral four months after thief used hammer in bid to steal 1215 charter from glass box - as man, 46, is on bail over smash-and-grab attempt.

A 45-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of trying to steal a £20million (NZ$39.4 million) Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire Police ...