CHAPTER IV

LAW OF PARLIAMENTARY TAXATION, 1272-1297 107

Edward I--His first Parliament and its grant of a custom on wool--His second Parliament--Attendance of knights of the shire declared “expedient”--Provincial assemblies at Northampton and York grant taxes--Seizure of wool, 1294--Separate meeting of knights of the shire--The Model Parliament, 1295--“What affects all by all should be approved”--Parliament of 1296--Struggle with the barons over service in Gascony--Contumacy of Bohun and Bigod--Principle that grants must wait upon redress of grievances--_Confirmatio Cartarum_--_De tallagio non concedendo_.