Jabarkan Isi dari Petition of Right

Kutipan Petition of Right berbunyi:

They do therefore humbly pray your most excellent Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of parliament; and that none be called to make answer, or take such oath, or to give attendance, or be confined, or otherwise molested or disquieted concerning the same or for refusal thereof; and that no freeman, in any such manner as is before mentioned, be imprisoned or detained; and that your Majesty would be pleased to remove the said soldiers and mariners, and that your people may not be so burdened in time to come; and that the aforesaid commissions, for proceeding by martial law, may be revoked and annulled; and that hereafter no commissions of like nature may issue forth to any person or persons whatsoever to be executed as aforesaid, lest by color of them any of your Majesty's subjects be destroyed or put to death contrary to the laws and franchise of the land.

Inti dari Petition of Right adalah empat tuntutan:

tidak boleh ada pemungutan pajak tanpa persetujuan Parlemen

tidak boleh ada penangkapan tanpa sebab

tidak boleh ada rakyat yang dipaksa menjadi tentara atau pelaut di luar keinginan mereka

tidak boleh ada aturan militer di masa damai

Hak-hak ini juga dilindungi oleh hukum dan undang-undang Magna Carta dan hukum Edward I, Edward III dan Richard III. Tuntutan ketiga dan keempat memperlihatkan dampak kebijakan luar negeri Charles I yang suka berperang.