<P> In response , the House of Commons prepared a set of four Resolutions , decrying these actions and restating the validity of Magna Carta and the legal requirement of habeas corpus . These were rejected by Charles , who also announced that Parliament would be dissolved ; in response , the Commons met on 6 May to discuss alternatives , and concluded that a petition of right was the way forward . Accordingly , a committee under Sir Edward Coke drafted such a petition , and it was passed by the Commons on 8 May and sent to the House of Lords . After three weeks of debates and conferences between the two chambers , the Petition of Right was ratified by both houses on the 26th and 27 May . Following additional debates in which the King restricted the right of the Commons to freely speak , he bowed to the pressure ; in need of Parliamentary support for the war effort , the Petition was accepted on 2 June . Unhappy with the method chosen , both houses joined together and demanded the King fully ratify the Petition , which he did on 7 June . </P>
what did the petition of right contribute to english political tradition in what year was it signed
on 7 June