Excerpt from View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 of 4 Question whether Representation was confined to Tenants in capite discussed; State of English Towns at the Conquest and afterwards; their Progress; Representatives from them summoned to Parliament by Earl of Leicester; Improbability of an earlier Origin; Cases of St. Albane and Barnstaple considered; Parliaments under Edward L; Separation of Knights and Burgesses from the Peers; Edward IL; gradual Progress of the Authority of Parliament traced through the Reigns of Edward II]. And his successors down to Henry VI.; Privilege of Parliament; the early instances of it noticed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.