With the passing of the Bill of Rights the principle was vindicated in its fullness that Parliament rather than the crown has the power to tax. Within Parliament itself the power of laying taxes had undergone further differentiation in that the House of Commons claimed the sole right of initiating tax levies. The theory deduced therefrom, that the House of Commons has sole control over money bills and that interference by the House of Lords is an assumption of power beyond the constitutional rights of that House, came up for fuller definition 220 years later. The corollary principle that Parliament has the power to appropriate supplies for specific purposes and that it can demand an accounting for the money so appropriated were accorded general acquiescence then and thereafter.
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[Accounts], examination of, [186-188];
appointment of treasurers under Richard II, [191-194];
under Charles II, [303];
after Bill of Rights, [308].
Aid pur fille marier, Edward I, [121].
[Ancient Customs], rate stated, [165].