ABSTRACT
Though the baronial opposition to Edward II was occasioned by, and centred round, the household, it was inevitable that the baronial policy should have a wider application. Attempts to reform the household reacted upon its relations to the administration. It is therefore useful to consider the various changes which took place in the organisation of the administration during the reign and to estimate if these changes were due directly or indirectly to the baronial opposition and its action. The various administrative bodies must now be considered from the point of view of their reform, especially in so far as they were the outcome of, or influenced by, the baronial opposition. That influence must be estimated on parliament, council, chancery and exchequer and the benches, and finally the changes which took place in the household offices must be sketched.
