The Duke withdrew from Court, and sought a reconciliation with the party opposed to him.

The men of the Good Parliament surrounded the new king, and a Parliament which assembled in October took vigorously up its work.

Peter de la Mare was released from prison and replaced in the chair of the House of Commons.

The action of the Lower House indeed was as trenchant and comprehensive as that of the Good Parliament itself.

In petition after petition the Commons demanded the confirmation of older rights and the removal of modern abuses.