Though Edmund had done little but hold the Kenilworth knights in check, the submission of the rest of the country now enabled the royal army to besiege it in force.

But the king was penniless, and the Parliament which he called to replenish his treasury in August showed the resolve of the nation that the strife should cease.

They would first establish peace, if peace were possible, they said, and then answer the king's demand.
Twelve commissioners, with Earl Gilbert at their head, were appointed on Henry's assent to arrange terms on reconciliation.

They at once decided that none should be utterly disinherited for their part in the troubles, but that liberty of redemption should be left open to all.

Furious at the prospect of being forced to disgorge their spoil, Mortimer and the ultra-royalists broke out in mad threats of violence, even against the life of the Papal legate who had pressed for the reconciliation.