Editing Lincoln Cathedral (section)

=== Magna Carta ===

[[Hugh of Wells]], Bishop of Lincoln, was one of the signatories to [[Magna Carta]] and for hundreds of years the cathedral held one of the four remaining copies of the original, now securely displayed in [[Lincoln Castle]].<ref name="Magna Carta">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/8157469.stm|title=Magna Carta displayed at castle|date=18 July 2009|work=BBC News Online|publisher=BBC|access-date=25 November 2009}}</ref>

The Lincoln Magna Carta was on display at the British Pavilion during the [[1939 New York World's Fair]].<ref name="mcgift">{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/16270274709/in/photostream/|title=Magna has no 'intrinsic value', 1941|work=National Archives UK|date=6 February 2015|quote=This Foreign Office document from 1941 proposes that Magna Carta be gifted to the USA during the Second World War. The document notes that Magna Carta holds no ‘intrinsic value’. The proposal was eventually rejected.|publisher=[[Flickr]]|access-date=22 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210203302/https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/16270274709/in/photostream/|archive-date=10 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 1941, the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign Office]] proposed that the Lincoln Magna Carta be gifted to the United States, citing the "many thousands of Americans who waited in long queues to view it" and the US passage of the [[Lend-Lease]] Act, among other reasons.<ref name="mcgift" /> In 2009 the Lincoln Magna Carta was lent to the [[Ronald Reagan Presidential Library]] in [[Simi Valley, California]].<ref name="Magna Carta" />

There are three other surviving copies: two at the [[British Library]] and one at [[Salisbury Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/8182987.stm|title=Award for cathedral Magna Carta|access-date=30 April 2010|date=4 August 2009|work=BBC News Online|publisher=BBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806014125/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/8182987.stm|archive-date=6 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>