ABSTRACT
The general plan of operation of the middle party has been illustrated by the object with which the leaders gathered their supporters, and by the normal activity of the party during and after its formation. In the parliament of York the work of the middle party is seen in progress with certain outside influences acting upon it. For in that parliament and especially in the arrangements antecedent to it Lancaster took an effective part. Still the scheme adopted in 1318 was the result of the activities of the middle party, and the success the baronial opposition attained then was at basis their victory. For Lancaster, who during the interval between the parliaments of Lincoln in 1316 and York in 1318 had been a source of endless trouble, was quieted. He was skilfully superseded by Pembroke and his allies.
