Inquest of 1212
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An Essay on the Trial by Jury
The jury-based inquest procedure described as restraining the crown's exercise of prerogative.
“From the moment when the crown became accustomed to the ‘Inquest,’ a restraint was imposed upon every branch of the prerogative.
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
A strict investigation ordered by John in 1212 into the amount of feudal service owed from every estate, intended to maximize future scutage revenue.
By writs, dated 1st June, 1212, he instituted a strict Inquest into the amount of service exigible from every estate in England.
The limit of the barons’ endurance was reached when, under circumstances peculiarly inauspicious, John, in May, 1214, demanded a new scutage at the unprecedented rate of three marks on every fee, grounded doubtless on the searching inquest of 1212.