Commune Concilium
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Common Council · commune concilium · Great Council · archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, and crown-tenants · his peers · national council · the Common Council · the Great Council · the common council · the commune concilium
spoken of as
2 expressionsCommon Council“commune concilium”2 mentions
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John (English)
“The common consent of my kingdom,” in John’s mouth, was synonymous with “the consent of my barons.
The Estates“Commune Concilium”1 mention
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John (English)
King John, it is maintained, met in a national assembly all the estates of his realm who had any political rights, and these concurred with him in the grant.
in the texts
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
The great council of the realm, the assembly of tenants-in-chief whose consent was required for extraordinary feudal exactions and whose attendance formed part of suit and service.
But, when the Crown exacted contributions for any other reason, it required consent of the commune concilium.
Indeed, the barons were gradually approaching the modern conception, which regards it as a privilege rather than a burden to attend the commune concilium—the embryo Parliament—of the King.
When one of their own number was amerced or accused of any offence involving loss of liberty or lands, he might be compelled by the Crown, under Henry and his sons, to submit to have the amercement assessed, or the criminal proceedings conducted, by one of the new Benches (by a tribunal composed of some four or five of the King’s officials), in place of the time–honoured judgment of his peers asse …