McKechnie, William Sharp (1905). Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John. Glasgow: Robert MacLehose and Co., Ltd. pp.136–37.: "The question must be considered an open one; but much might be said in favor of the opinion that 'freeman' as used in the Charter is synonymous with 'freeholder'...."
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"Liberty of Subject (1354)". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 28 Edw. 3 c. 3. The original text, which is in Law French, reads (after expansion of scribal abbreviations): "Item, que nul homme, de quel estate ou condicion qil soit, ne soit oste de son terre ne de tenement, ne pris, nemprisone, ne desherite, ne mis a la mort, saunz estre mesne en respons par due proces de lei." The English translation given by legislation.gov.uk is originally from The Statutes of the Realm, vol. 1 (1810), p. 345.
