But the right had never yet been stated in so clear a form, and the statement thus made seems to have startled even the barons....

It was for the attainment of this right that the struggles of the reign of Henry III.

were carried on; and the realisation of the claim was deferred until the reign of his successor.

In these clauses the nation had now obtained a comparatively clear definition of the right on which their future political power was to be based."-- STUBBS, _Constitutional History_.
[15] "Ut quod omnes similiter tangit ab omnibus approbetur." [16] Stubbs, _Constitutional History_.
[17] Stubbs, _Ibid_.
[18] "Analogous examples may be taken from the practice of the ecclesiastical assemblies, in which the representative theory is introduced shortly before it finds its way into parliament."-- STUBBS, _Constitutional History_.
[19] Stubbs, _Constitutional History_.
[20] Stubbs, _Constitutional History_.
[21] F.York Powell, _England to 1509_.
[22] Sir Courtenay Ilbert, _Parliament_.
[23] Ilbert, _Parliament_.
[24] Bagehot, _The English Constitution_.
[25] Bagehot, _Ibid_.
[26] Stubbs, _Constitutional History_.
[27] Stubbs, _Constitutional History_.
[28] Andrew Marvell, the poet, who sat for Hull in the reign of Charles II., was paid by the mayor and aldermen of the borough.

In return Marvell wrote letters describing passing events in London.