The
Fire and Faggot Parliament was an English Parliament held in 1414 during the reign of
Henry VHenry V was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of 35 in 1422. He was the second monarch belonging to the House of Lancaster....
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It was held in Grey Friars Priory in
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, and the
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was
Walter HungerfordWalter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford KG was an English knight, landowner, from 1400 to 1414 Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer....
.
It is named from the main item of business which was a statute - the
Suppression of Heresy Act - passed for the suppression of the Lollards,
The decision was inspired by the decretal Vergentis in senium of Pope Innocent III.
The Parliament also confirmed
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” for life from this Parliament. This precedent was continued for all Monarchs until the
Useless ParliamentThe Useless Parliament was the first Parliament of England of the reign of King Charles I, sitting only from June until August 1625. It gained its name because it transacted no significant business, making it 'useless' from the king's point of view...
in 1625 when
Charles ICharles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...
was granted the right for only one year.