Freedoms of the forest, ancient and modern | Letters

David Carpenter and Ralph Hanna point out that the 1217 Charter of the Forest wasn’t a great emancipation for ordinary people, while Kevin May sings the praises of modern-day Kielder Forest in NorthumberlandFelicity Lawrence (For a fairer share of our resources, turn to the 13th century, 8 November) states that the 1217 Charter of the Forest “asserted the rights of ordinary people to access from ‘the commons’ the means for a livelihood and shelter”. It thus “r