Parliament of 1628 (England) and the Petition of Right

Timeline

1. 1628Palace of Westminster · WestminsterCharles summoned Parliament amid fiscal exhaustion and backlash against forced loans; at the same time the Five Knights' Case heard habeas corpus petitions of those imprisoned for refusing loans, and Parliament opened by focusing on unlawful imprisonment and taxation without consent.
2. 1628Palace of Westminster · WestminsterThe Commons drafted and passed the Petition of Right on third reading, invoking the traditions of Magna Carta and the 1628 Petition, demanding: no taxation without parliamentary consent, no imprisonment without due process, no martial law in peacetime, and no forced quartering of soldiers in private homes.
3. 1628Palace of Westminster · WestminsterWeighing refusal of supply against approving the petition, Charles approved the Petition of Right on 7 June 1628 with the wording "Let it be done as is desired" (Soit droit fait come est desire), incorporating it into statute, though disputes over customs and interpretation persisted.