Note 263 — PART IV. HISTORICAL SEQUEL TO MAGNA CARTA.

Ibid. This seems to imply that all the aggressions since Henry’s reign, had not been on one side. The barons, in obtaining a promise to respect “franchises” acquired since 1189, tacitly admitted that they had been recently encroaching on royal prerogatives. By the Statute of Gloucester and the subsequent quo warranto procedure Edward I. made a partially successful effort to redress the balance.