The political uproar was out of all proportion to the importance of the lawsuit itself: in the words of John Pocklington, one of the imprisoned Barons, "a flame broke forth, arousing the country's last resentment (i.e. against the judges)".
There was an outsized reaction to the lawsuit, according to John Pocklington, a Baron imprisoned in the case: "The country became inflamed, fueled by anger towards the judges."