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Quotation from The Petition of Right (1628), the Habeas Corpus Act (1679) and the English Bill of Rights (1689) by The Parliament of England
“no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of parliament”
The Petition of Right (1628), the Habeas Corpus Act (1679) and the English Bill of Rights (1689), Petition of Right, Section X
Parliament's chief request: no taxation without its consent.
Citation: "no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of parliament" — The Parliament of England, The Petition of Right (1628), the Habeas Corpus Act (1679) and the English Bill of Rights (1689), Petition of Right, Section X. (id petition-of-right-habeas-corpus-and-bill-of-rights-q1)
