Somewhat later they began to be used by the communities as a way of presenting grievances to the king, and there were attempts to insist on redress of grievances before consenting to taxes. With this development began a gradual recognition that the member could further the interest of his community, in addition to committing it to taxation (Cam 1944:chap. 15; Pollard 1926: 158-9). Knights and burgesses who went to parliament began to be thought of as servants or agents of their communities.