List of Parliaments of England
- This article is a List of Parliaments of England. Devolved English Parliament is about the debate on a devolved parliament for England.
List of Parliaments of England is a list (broken down by reign or republican regime) of the Parliaments, from the reign of King Henry III (when the Curia Regis developed into a body known as Parliament) to the creation of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1707. For later parliaments, see the List of Parliaments of Great Britain. For the history of the English Parliament, see Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The '-Plt' column in the list is the number of the Parliament, counting backwards from the one elected in 2005. This is not a conventional way of referring to Parliaments. The Parliaments of England are often referred to by the number counting forward from the start of the reign of a particular monarch (or republican regime), unless the Parliament came to be known by a particular title, e.g. Parliament of Merton.
Selected Parliament before 1241
- ¹ No commoners summoned.
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- ¹ The presiding officer of the House of Commons was initially known as the "Prolocutor" and sometimes as the Parlour, but the term most often used was "Speaker" and this became the title always used from the 1540s onwards.
- ² No commoners were summoned.
- (a) 7th: This Parliament was at Oxford. It is sometimes known as the Mad Parliament. Knights of the shire (representing counties) were the only commoners summoned. They were not required to be chosen by election.
- (b) 16th: Knights of the shire were the only commoners summoned. They were not required to be chosen by election.
- (c) 17th: This Parliament is sometimes known as De Montfort's Parliament. This is the first Parliament to which representatives of cities and boroughs were summoned, as well as knights of the shire. It is also the first Parliament to which the representatives were required to be chosen by election.
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- ¹ The presiding officer of the House of Commons was initially known as the "Prolocutor" and sometimes as the Parlour, but the term most often used was "Speaker" and this became the title always used from the 1540s onwards.
- ² No commoners were summoned.
- (a) 1st: For the first time since 1264-65 the representatives of the communities of the Realm are known to have been summoned to Parliament.
- (b) 2nd: The knights of the shires only were summoned to this Parliament.
- (c) 19th: Knights only summoned 13-14 June 1290. Assembled 23 April 1290 Lords and 15 July 1290 Commons. After this Parliament it became fairly usual for the representatives of the counties, cities and boroughs to be summoned to attend Parliament and from 1320 they were always included.
- (d) This Parliament included Scottish members.
- (e) 29th: Model Parliament summoned 30 September, 1 and 3 October 1295. This is the traditional start of the regular participation of the Commons in Parliament.
- (f) 33rd: Summoned 30 September 1297 (peers) and 6 October 1297 (knights of the shire). Assembled 9 October 1297 Lords and 15 October 1297 Commons. Met in London.
- (g) 34th: Met in York.
- (h) 35th: Summoned 10, 11 and 13 April 1298.
- (i) 40th: Met in Lincoln. Dissolved 27/30 January 1301.
- (j) 42nd: Summoned 14, 20 and 24 July 1303. Met in London.
- (k) 45th: Assembled and dissolved 30 May 1306.
- (l) 46th: Met in Carlisle. Deemed dissolved when writs de expensis were issued 20 January 1307 (burgesses only) and 19 March 1307 (knights only).
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- ¹ The presiding officer of the House of Commons was initially known as the "Prolocutor" and sometimes as the Parlour, but the term most often used was "Speaker" and this became the title always used from the 1540s onwards.
- ² No commoners were summoned.
- (a) 8th: Met in London.
- (b) 15th: Met in Lincoln.
- (c) 22nd: Met in York.
- (d) 24th: Only MPs for the Cinque Ports were summoned. Met in London.
- (e) 26th: This Parliament continued after the deposition of the King, into the next reign. See 1st Parliament of King Edward III of England for further details and duration.
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- ¹ The presiding officer of the House of Commons was initially known as the "Prolocutor" and sometimes as the Parlour, but the term most often used was "Speaker" and this became the title always used from the 1540s onwards.
- ² Hungerford was the first presiding officer of the Commons to be recorded as having the title of Speaker.
- (a) 1st: Continued from the last reign.
- (b) Met at Lincoln.
- (c) Met at York.
- (d) 5th: May have met at New Sarum (now more commonly called Salisbury), York or Northampton, as it is uncertain which meeting was of this Parliament and which were gatherings of lesser status.
- (e) Met at New Sarum (now more commonly called Salisbury).
- (f) Met at Winchester.
- (g) Met at Northampton.
- (h) 46th: Known as the Good Parliament. Met at London.
- (i) 47th: Known as the Bad Parliament.
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Parliaments of Henry V
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