The practice of provisors was thus maintained in the teeth of the laws, and "the laws, usages, ancient customs, and franchises of his kingdom were thereby much hindered, the King's crown degraded, and his person defamed." The king's appeal was hotly met.

"Biting words," which it was thought wise to suppress, were used in the debate which followed, and the statutes against provisors and appeals were solemnly confirmed.
[Sidenote: Wyclif] What gave point to this challenge was the assent of the prelates to the proceedings of the Parliament; and the pride of Urban V.at once met it by a counter-defiance.

He demanded with threats the payment of the annual sum of a thousand marks promised by King John in acknowledgement of the suzerainty of the See of Rome.

The insult roused the temper of the realm.
The king laid the demand before Parliament, and both houses replied that "neither King John nor any king could put himself, his kingdom, nor his people under subjection save with their accord or assent." John's submission had been made "without their assent and against his coronation oath" and they pledged themselves, should the Pope attempt to enforce his claim, to resist him with all their power.

Even Urban shrank from imperilling the Papacy by any further demands, and the claim to a Papal lordship over England was never again heard of.