History of royal prerogatives: includes the powers held by the crown. In the historical view of royal prerogatives, the monarchy in the past was considered to be "handed down from God". The phrase used nowadays is "the divine right of kings", an idea expressed in earlier times. The crown awarded honors to its followers and commanded men to raise armies. The crown at the time held control over trade and commerce, which included the power to change the course of business, for example by closing various ports in the country and increasing/decreasing taxes on trade. The appointment of judges and magistrates was made by the crown and as regards the courts the crown had full control over them. The king of the time, however, depended greatly on the loyalty of his followers. At the time when "in the year 1215 the Magna Carta was signed which was the first document imposed on a King by a group of his subjects, the feudal barons, in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their rights. The charter of 1215 required King John of England to proclaim certain liberties and to accept that his will was not arbitrary.” Until the end of the 17th century the crown executed and maintained control of the royal power, which led to a catastrophic disaster of that power. possessed, which led to the civil war in 1640, which was a decisive moment in the history of the British constitution which led to the execution of Charles I and the rule of the republicans for almost 11 years. In 1660 the restoration of the monarchy restored stability, but there were still dark clouds over religious concerns, until King James II surrendered under the threat of i...... middle of paper ......er's Royal Hotel Ltd. "The constitutional principle is that when the power of the Executive... has been placed under parliamentary control, and regulated directly by law, the Executive no longer derives its authority from the Royal Prerogative of the Crown but from Parliament, and that in the exercise of that authority the Executive is bound to observe the restrictions which Parliament has imposed in favor of the subject.” The meaning of this quote from Lord Parmoor is when the Royal Prerogative is superseded, it usually falls under the category of law Statutory. In other words, the royal prerogative cannot be used to defeat the existing statutory law. In his theory, "Locke" argues that the royal prerogative should be used up to the point where there is no law in force. when the legislative assembly is not convened in accordance with the act of parliament..