Petition of Right 1628

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constitutional document petition statute of the Parliament of England

The Petition of Right 1628 was a landmark English constitutional document that challenged King Charles I’s abuses of power by asserting fundamental rights such as protection from arbitrary imprisonment and taxation without Parliament’s consent.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Petition of Right	9
Petition of Right 1628 canonical	1
Petition of Right debates	1
royal prerogative of Charles I	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional document ⓘ petition ⓘ statute of the Parliament of England ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Petition of Right 1628 ⓘ surface form: Petition of Right
approvedBy	Charles I of England ⓘ House of Lords ⓘ surface form: House of Lords of England
assertsRight	no taxation without consent of Parliament ⓘ prohibition of billeting of soldiers in private homes without consent ⓘ prohibition of forced loans without parliamentary consent ⓘ prohibition of imprisonment without cause shown ⓘ prohibition of martial law in peacetime ⓘ protection from arbitrary imprisonment ⓘ right to due process of law ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
date	1628 ⓘ
draftedBy	Parliament of England ⓘ surface form: English Parliament House of Commons of England ⓘ Sir Edward Coke ⓘ
historicalContext	Personal Rule (1629–1640) ⓘ surface form: Personal Rule of Charles I (approaching)
historicalPeriod	Stuart ⓘ surface form: Stuart England
influenced	English Bill of Rights ⓘ surface form: Bill of Rights 1689 English constitutional law ⓘ Bill of Rights ⓘ surface form: United States Bill of Rights United States Constitution ⓘ concept of the rule of law ⓘ development of parliamentary sovereignty in England ⓘ
invokes	Magna Carta ⓘ habeas corpus principles ⓘ
jurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalPrinciple	king is subject to the law ⓘ no taxation without representation precedent ⓘ
legalStatus	Act of Parliament ⓘ
legalSystem	English law ⓘ
locationOfEnactment	Palace of Westminster ⓘ
monarchReign	reign of Charles I ⓘ
opposes	arbitrary imprisonment by the Crown ⓘ arbitrary royal taxation ⓘ royal prerogative abuses ⓘ
presentedTo	Charles I of England ⓘ
relatedEvent	Eleven Years' Tyranny ⓘ English Civil War ⓘ
shortDescription	landmark English constitutional document limiting the powers of Charles I ⓘ
subjectMatter	civil liberties ⓘ due process ⓘ limits on royal authority ⓘ military law ⓘ taxation ⓘ