Chapter XVI. declares that those who owe military service for their

lands shall not be called upon to perform more than the due amount of

such service.

We now come to an important series of articles which deal with abuses in

the administration of justice. Henry II. made the royal courts of law a

lucrative source of revenue, but he gave protection to suitors. Under

his sons justice was equally, perhaps more, costly, while adequate

protection was much harder to obtain. Here were many grievances, and the

barons set to work to redress them.

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