...statute which ordained that ' henceforth no charge or aid should be imposed on the nation except by common assent of the prelates, earls, barons and other great men and the commons of the realm assembled in Parliament.'3 But, 3.SCH although this statute was an answer to the petitions of the ^.A57...

...should not "be from henceforth charged nor grieved to make common aid or to sustain charge, if it be not by the common assent of the prelates, earls, barons, and other great men, and the commons of our said realm of England, and that in Parliament." Seldom afterward was this principle called in question....

...not from henceforth [be] charged nor grieved to make [any] Aid, or to sustain Charge, if it be not by the common assent of the Prelates, Earls, Barons, and other great Men, and Commons of our said Realm of England, and that in Parliament. 9Fortescue in the next century was able...