Royal order to the sheriff of Chester, instructing that he should not allow the Earl of Chester to exploit Magna Carta and damage the rights of the crown. Dated June 1225 (C 54/34).
Transcript
The king sends greetings to the sheriff of Chester. Although we have conceded liberties, which we wish to be preserved, to you and to other honest men of your kingdom; no less do we wish for our liberties and our peace, as is fitting and just, to be inviolably observed. Because therefore we have heard that under the pretext of the aforementioned liberties which we have conceded to you and to others, our liberties are insufficiently preserved and our peace is greatly damaged and broken in our regions and lands, which is vexing to us, we order you to be firmly bound in the allegiance in which you are held by us so that you preserve our liberties and our peace greatly uninjured and that you cause it to be preserved to the extent that they pertain to you and your men, lest thereupon a repeated grievance ought to be brought rightly against us. With me as witness at Westminster on the 30th day of June. In the same way written by W. earl of Warenn.
Original translation by Maroula Perisanidi.
Simplified transcript
The king sends greetings to the sheriff of Chester. Although we have conceded liberties to you and to other honest men our kingdom, we also wish for our liberties and our peace to be inviolably observed. We have heard that under the pretext of the liberties we have conceded to you and to others, our own liberties are insufficiently observed and our peace is greatly damaged and broken in our regions and lands. This is vexing to us, and we order that you preserve our liberties and our peace.