http://librarian.i2p/get/6091102399350868597/2740007580458515594
Much of his legislation was based on practical experience in the courts, and was intended to streamline procedures. As the preamble to the 1285 Statute of Westminster II had it: Our Lord the King … calling together the prelates, earls, barons and his council … and considering that many of his realm were disinherited, by reason that in many cases, where remedy should have been had, there was none provided by him nor his predecessors, ordained certain statutes very necessary...