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List of Parliaments of England is a list (broken down by reign or republican regime) of the Parliaments

Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws...

, from the reign of King Henry III

Henry III of England

Henry III was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for 56 years from 1216 until his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready...

(when the Curia Regis

Curia Regis

Curia regis is a Latin term meaning "royal council" or "king's court."- England :The Curia Regis, in the Kingdom of England, was a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics that advised the king of England on legislative matters...

developed into a body known as Parliament) to the creation of the Parliament of Great Britain

Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland...

in 1707. For later parliaments, see the List of Parliaments of Great Britain. For the history of the English Parliament, see Parliament of England

Parliament of England

.

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.

Parliaments of Henry III
Henry III of England
Henry III was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for 56 years from 1216 until his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Presiding Officer Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin... ¹	-Plt	Note
1st²	1236	n/a	1236	...	?	n/a	347	...
1st²	14 December 1241	n/a	27 January 1242	...	?	n/a	347	...
2nd²	...	n/a	9 February 1248	...	?	n/a	346	...
3rd²	11 February 1254	n/a	26 April 1254	...	?	n/a	345	...
4th²	...	n/a	18 April 1255	...	?	n/a	344	...
5th²	...	n/a	9 June 1258	...	?	n/a	343	...
6th²	...	n/a	13 October 1258	...	?	n/a	342	...
7th Oxford Parliament (1258) The Oxford Parliament , also known as the "Mad Parliament" and the "First English Parliament", assembled during the reign of Henry III of England. It was established by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. The parlour or prolocutor was Peter de Montfort under the direction of Simon de Montfort...	...	n/a	27 October 1258	4 November 1258	?	Peter de Montfort Peter de Montfort Sir Peter de Montfort was an English parliamentarian.In 1257 he was High Sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire....	341	a
8th²	...	n/a	9 February 1259	...	?	n/a	340	...
9th²	...	n/a	13 October 1259	...	?	n/a	339	...
10th²	...	n/a	>30 April 1260	...	?	n/a	338	...
11th²	...	n/a	8 July 1260	...	?	n/a	337	...
12th²	...	n/a	13 October 1260	...	?	n/a	336	...
13th²	...	n/a	c.23 February 1261	...	?	n/a	335	...
14th²	...	n/a	9 September 1263	>18 September 1263	?	n/a	334	...
15th²	...	n/a	13 October 1263	...	?	n/a	333	...
16th	4 June 1264	n/a	22 June 1264	...	?	n/a	332	b
17th De Montfort's Parliament De Montfort's Parliament was an English parliament of 1265, instigated by Simon de Montfort, a baronial rebel leader. Although this gathering did not have the approval of king Henry III, and the members convened without royal approval, most scholars believe this was the first gathering in England...	14 December 1264	1264/65	20 January 1265	15 February 1265	?	unknown	331	c
18th²	...	n/a	14 September 1265	...	?	n/a	330	...
19th²	...	n/a	9 February 1267	...	?	n/a	329	...
20th²	...	n/a	13 October 1268	...	?	n/a	328	...
21st²	...	n/a	24 June 1269	...	?	n/a	327	...
22nd²	...	n/a	c.13 October 1270	...	?	n/a	326	...
23rd²	...	n/a	c.>29 September 1272	...	?	n/a	325	...

Notes:

¹ The presiding officer of the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

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
Oxford Parliament (1258)
The Oxford Parliament , also known as the "Mad Parliament" and the "First English Parliament", assembled during the reign of Henry III of England. It was established by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. The parlour or prolocutor was Peter de Montfort under the direction of Simon de Montfort...

. 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
De Montfort's Parliament
De Montfort's Parliament was an English parliament of 1265, instigated by Simon de Montfort, a baronial rebel leader. Although this gathering did not have the approval of king Henry III, and the members convened without royal approval, most scholars believe this was the first gathering in England...

. 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.

Parliaments of Edward I
Edward I of England
Edward I , also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The first son of Henry III, Edward was involved early in the political intrigues of his father's reign, which included an outright rebellion by the English barons...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Presiding Officer Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin... ¹	-Plt	Note
1st	16 February 1275	1275	25 April 1275	...	?	unknown	324	a
2nd	1 September 1275	1275	13 October 1275	24 October 1275	?	unknown	323	b
3rd²	...	n/a	c.3 May 1276	...	?	n/a	322	...
4th²	...	n/a	>29 September 1276	...	?	n/a	321	...
5th²	...	n/a	1 May 1278	...	?	n/a	320	...
6th²	...	n/a	8 July 1278	...	?	n/a	319	...
7th²	...	n/a	29 September 1278	...	?	n/a	318	...
8th²	...	n/a	c.16 April 1279	...	?	n/a	317	...
9th²	...	n/a	c.20 October 1279	...	?	n/a	316	...
10th²	...	n/a	c.12 May 1280	...	?	n/a	315	...
11th²	...	n/a	c.>29 September 1280	...	?	n/a	314	...
12th²	...	n/a	c.11 May 1281	...	?	n/a	313	...
13th²	...	n/a	c.>29 September 1281	...	?	n/a	312	...
14th²	...	n/a	4 May 1285	...	?	n/a	311	...
15th²	...	n/a	c.>14 April 1286	...	?	n/a	310	...
16th²	...	n/a	c.24 April 1286	...	?	n/a	309	...
17th²	...	n/a	>25 December 1289	...	?	n/a	308	...
18th²	...	n/a	>13 January 1290	...	?	n/a	307	...
19th	13 June 1290	1290	15 July 1290	...	?	unknown	306	c
20th	...	1290	27 October 1290	...	?	unknown	305	...
21st	...	1290/91	7 January 1291	...	?	unknown	304	...
22nd	...	1291/92	8 January 1292	...	?	unknown	303	...
23rd²	...	n/a	2 June 1292	...	?	n/a	302	d
24th²	...	n/a	13 October 1292	17 November 1292	?	n/a	301	d
25th	...	?1293	>29 March 1293	...	?	unknown	300	...
26th	...	1293	13 October 1293	...	?	unknown	299	...
27th	...	1293	>25 December 1293	...	?	unknown	298	...
28th²	24 June 1295	n/a	1–4 August 1295	...	?	n/a	297	...
29th Model Parliament The Model Parliament is the term, attributed to Frederic William Maitland, used for the 1295 Parliament of England of King Edward I. This assembly included members of the clergy and the aristocracy, as well as representatives from the various counties and boroughs. Each county returned two knights,...	30 September 1295+	1295	27 November 1295	4 December 1295	?	unknown	296	e
30th	26 August 1296	1296	3 November 1296	29 November 1296	?	unknown	295	...
31st²	26 January 1297	n/a	24 February 1297	...	?	n/a	294	...
32nd²	...	n/a	8 July 1297	...	?	n/a	293	...
33rd	6 October 1297	1297	15 September 1297	14 October 1297	?	unknown	292	f
34th	15 March 1298	March 1298	30 March 1298	...	?	unknown	291	g
35th	10 April 1298	1298	25 May 1298	...	?	unknown	290	h
36th²	6 February 1299	n/a	8 March 1299	...	?	n/a	289	...
37th²	10 April 1299	n/a	3 May 1299	...	?	n/a	288	...
38th²	21 September 1299	n/a	18 October 1299	...	?	n/a	287	...
39th	29 December 1299	1299/00	6 March 1300	20 March 1300	?	unknown	286	...
40th	26 September 1300	1300/01	20 January 1301	30 January 1301	?	unknown	285	i
41st²	2 June 1302	n/a	1 July 1302	...	?	n/a	284	...
42nd	14 July 1302	1302	14 October 1302	21 October 1302	?	unknown	283	j
43rd	12 November 1304	1304/05	28 February 1305	20 March 1305	?	unknown	282	...
44th²	15 July 1305	n/a	15 September 1305	...	?	n/a	281	...
45th	5 April 1306	1306	30 May 1306	30 May 1306	?	unknown	280	k
46th	3 November 1306	1306/07	20 January 1307	19 March 1307	?	unknown	279	l

Notes:

¹ The presiding officer of the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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
Model Parliament
The Model Parliament is the term, attributed to Frederic William Maitland, used for the 1295 Parliament of England of King Edward I. This assembly included members of the clergy and the aristocracy, as well as representatives from the various counties and boroughs. Each county returned two knights,...

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).

Parliaments of Edward II
Edward II of England
Edward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Presiding Officer Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin... ¹	-Plt	Note
1st	26 August 1307	1307	13 October 1307	16 October 1307	?	unknown	278	...
2nd	19 January 1308	1308	3 March 1308	...	?	unknown	277	...
3rd²	10 March 1308	n/a	28 April 1308	...	?	n/a	276	...
4th²	16 August 1308	n/a	20 October 1308	...	?	n/a	275	...
5th	4 March 1309	1309	27 April 1309	13 May 1309	?	unknown	274	...
6th²	11 June 1309	n/a	27 July 1300	...	?	n/a	273	...
7th²	26 October 1309	n/a	8 February 1310	12 April 1310	?	n/a	272	...
8th	16 June 1311	1311	8 August 1311	18 December 1311	?	unknown	271	a
9th	3 June 1312	1312	20 August 1312	16 December 1312	?	unknown	270	...
10th	8 January 1313	1313	18 March 1313	9 May 1313	?	unknown	269	...
11th	23 May 1313	1313	8 July 1313	27 July 1313	?	unknown	268	...
12th	26 July 1313	1313	23 September 1313	15 November 1313	?	unknown	267	...
13th	29 July 1314	1314	9 September 1314	27/28 September 1314	?	unknown	266	...
14th	24 October 1314	1314/15	20 January 1315	9 March 1315	?	unknown	265	...
15th	16 October 1315	1315/16	27 January 1316	20 February 1316	?	unknown	264	b
16th	24–25 August 1318	1318	20 October 1318	9 December 1318	?	unknown	263	...
17th	20 March 1319	1319	6 May 1319	25 May 1319	?	unknown	262	...
18th²	6 November 1319	n/a	20 January 1320	...	?	n/a	261	...
19th	5 August 1320	1320	6 October 1320	25/26 October 1320	?	unknown	260	...
20th	15 May 1321	1321	15 July 1321	22 August 1321	?	unknown	259	...
21st	14 March 1322	1322	2 May 1322	19 May 1322	?	unknown	258	...
22nd	18 September 1322	1322	14 November 1322	29 November 1322	?	unknown	257	c
23rd	20 November 1323	1323/24	23 February 1324	18 March 1324	?	unknown	256	...
24th	6 May 1325	1325	25 June 1325	...	?	unknown	255	d
25th	10 October 1325	1325	18 November 1325	5 December 1325	?	unknown	254	...
26th	28 October 1326	1326/27	7 January 1327	...	?	William Trussell	253	e

Notes:

¹ The presiding officer of the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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
Cinque Ports
The Confederation of Cinque Ports is a historic series of coastal towns in Kent and Sussex. It was originally formed for military and trade purposes, but is now entirely ceremonial. It lies at the eastern end of the English Channel, where the crossing to the continent is narrowest...

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
Edward III of England
Edward III was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe...

for further details and duration.

Parliaments of Edward III
Edward III of England
Edward III was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Presiding Officer Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin... ¹	-Plt	Note
1st	...	...	...	9 March 1327	?	William Trussell	253	a
2nd	7 August 1327	1327	15 September 1327	23 September 1327	?	William Trussell	252	...
3rd	10 December 1327	1327/28	7 February 1328	5 March 1328	?	unknown	251	b
4th	5 March 1328	1328	24 April 1328	14 May 1328	?	unknown	250	c
5th	28 August 1328	1328	16 October 1328	22 February 1329	?	unknown	249	d
6th	25 January 1330	1330	11 March 1330	21 March 1330	?	unknown	248	c
7th	23 October 1330	1330	26 November 1330	9 December 1330	?	unknown	247	e
8th	16 July 1331	1331	30 September 1331	9 October 1331	?	unknown	246	...
9th	27 January 1332	1332	16 March 1332	21 March 1332	?	Henry de Beaumont Henry de Beaumont Henry de Beaumont, jure uxoris 4th Earl of Buchan and suo jure 1st Baron Beaumont was a key figure in the Anglo-Scots wars of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, known as the Wars of Scottish Independence.-Life:...	245	f
10th	20 July 1332	1332	9 September 1332	12 September 1332	?	Sir Geoffrey le Scrope Geoffrey le Scrope Sir Geoffrey le Scrope was an English lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench for four periods between 1324 and 1338. He was the son of Sir William le Scrope, who was bailiff to the earl of Richmond in Richmondshire...	244	...
11th	20 October 1332	1332	4 December 1332	27 January 1333	?	unknown	243	...
12th	2 January 1334	1334	21 February 1334	2 March 1334	?	unknown	242	...
13th	24 July 1334	1334	19 September 1334	23 September 1334	?	unknown	241	c
14th	1 April 1335	1335	26 May 1335	3 June 1335	?	unknown	240	...
15th	22 January 1336	1336	11 March 1336	20 March 1336	?	unknown	239	c
16th	29 November 1336	1336/37	3 March 1337	c.16 March 1337	?	unknown	238	...
17th	20 December 1337	1337/38	3 February 1338	14 February 1338	?	unknown	237	g
18th	15 November 1338	1338/39	3 February 1339	17 February 1339	?	unknown	236	...
19th	25 August 1339	1339	13 October 1339	c.3 November 1339	?	unknown	235	g
20th	16 November 1339	1339/40	20 January 1340	19 February 1340	?	William Trussell	234	...
21st	21 February 1340	1340	29 March 1340	10 May 1340	?	William Trussell	233	...
22nd	30 May 1340	1340	12 July 1340	26 July 1340	?	William Trussell	232	...
23rd	3 March 1341	1341	23 April 1341	27–28 May 1341	?	unknown	231	...
24th	24 February 1343	1343	28 April 1343	20 May 1343	?	William Trussell	230	...
25th	20 April 1344	1344	7 June 1344	28 June 1344	?	unknown	229	...
26th	30 July 1346	1346	11 September 1346	20 September 1346	?	unknown	228	...
27th	13 November 1347	1347/48	14 January 1348	12 February 1348	?	William de Thorpe William de Thorpe Sir William de Thorpe was an English lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench from November 26, 1346 to October 26, 1350. As a clerk of this court he was assaulted on one occasion in 1318, when his enemies allegedly even urinated on him...	227	...
28th	14 February 1348	1348	31 March 1348	13 April 1348	?	William de Thorpe William de Thorpe Sir William de Thorpe was an English lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench from November 26, 1346 to October 26, 1350. As a clerk of this court he was assaulted on one occasion in 1318, when his enemies allegedly even urinated on him...	226	...
29th	25 November 1350	1350/51	9 February 1351	1 March 1351	?	William de Shareshull William de Shareshull Sir William de Shareshull was an English lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 26 October 1350 to 5 July 1361.Shareshull came from relatively humble Staffordshire origins, rising to great prominence under the administration of Edward III of England; he was responsible for the 1351...	225	...
30th	15 November 1351	1351/52	13 January 1352	11 February 1352	?	William de Shareshull William de Shareshull Sir William de Shareshull was an English lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 26 October 1350 to 5 July 1361.Shareshull came from relatively humble Staffordshire origins, rising to great prominence under the administration of Edward III of England; he was responsible for the 1351...	224	...
31st	15 March 1354	1354	28 April 1354	20 May 1354	?	unknown	223	...
32nd	20 September 1355	1355	23 November 1355	30 November 1355	?	unknown	222	...
33rd	15 February 1357	1357	17 April 1357	8–16 May 1357	?	unknown	221	...
34th	15 December 1357	1357/58	5 February 1358	27 February 1358	?	unknown	220	...
35th	3 April 1360	1360	15 May 1360	...	?	unknown	219	...
36th	20 November 1360	1360/61	24 January 1361	18 February 1361	?	unknown	218	...
37th	14 August 1362	1362	13 October 1362	17 November 1362	?	Sir Henry Green Henry Green (justice) Sir Henry Green was an English lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench from May 24, 1361 to October 29, 1365. He probably came from Northamptonshire. Early in his career he served both Queen Isabella and Edward the Black Prince. He was made justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1354, and...	217	...
38th	1 June 1363	1363	6 October 1363	30 October 1363	?	unknown	216	...
39th	4 December 1364	1364/65	20 January 1365	17 February 1365	?	unknown	215	...
40th	20 January 1366	1366	4 May 1366	11 May 1366	?	unknown	214	...
41st	24 February 1368	1368	1 May 1368	21 May 1368	?	unknown	213	...
42nd	6 April 1369	1369	3 June 1369	11 June 1369	?	unknown	212	...
43rd	8 January 1371	1371	24 February 1371	29 March 1371	?	unknown	211	...
44th	1 September 1372	1372	3 November 1372	24 November 1372	?	unknown	210	...
45th	4 October 1373	1373	21 November 1373	10 December 1373	?	unknown	209	...
46th Good Parliament The Good Parliament is the name traditionally given to the English Parliament of 1376. Sitting in London from April 28 to July 10, it was the longest Parliament up until that time....	28 December 1375	1375/76	28 April 1376	10 July 1376	?	Sir Peter de la Mare Peter de la Mare Sir Peter de la Mare was an English politician and Presiding Officer of the House of Commons during the Good Parliament of 1376....	208	h
47th Bad Parliament The Bad Parliament sat in England between 27 January and 2 March 1377. Influenced by Prince John of Gaunt, it undid the work done by the Good Parliament to reduce corruption in the Royal Council. It also introduced a poll tax which was a contributing factor to the Peasants' Revolt in 1381....	1 December 1376	1376/77	27 January 1377	2 March 1377	?	Sir Thomas Hungerford²	207	i

Notes:

¹ The presiding officer of the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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

House of Commons of England

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
Good Parliament
The Good Parliament is the name traditionally given to the English Parliament of 1376. Sitting in London from April 28 to July 10, it was the longest Parliament up until that time....

. Met at London.
(i) 47th: Known as the Bad Parliament
Bad Parliament
The Bad Parliament sat in England between 27 January and 2 March 1377. Influenced by Prince John of Gaunt, it undid the work done by the Good Parliament to reduce corruption in the Royal Council. It also introduced a poll tax which was a contributing factor to the Peasants' Revolt in 1381....

.

Parliaments of Richard II
Richard II of England
Richard II was King of England, a member of the House of Plantagenet and the last of its main-line kings. He ruled from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard was a son of Edward, the Black Prince, and was born during the reign of his grandfather, Edward III...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st	4 August 1377	1377	13 October 1377	5 December 1377	?	Sir Peter de la Mare Peter de la Mare Sir Peter de la Mare was an English politician and Presiding Officer of the House of Commons during the Good Parliament of 1376....	206	...
2nd	3 September 1378	1378	20 October 1378	16 November 1378	?	Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering was Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1378 and again from 1382 to 1383...	205	...
3rd	16 February 1379	1379	24 April 1379	27 May 1379	?	unknown	204	...
4th	20 October 1379	1379/80	16 January 1380	3 March 1380	?	Sir John Guildesborough John Guildesborough John Guildesborough or Gildesburgh was Knight of the Shire for Essex and Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1380....	203	...
5th	26 August 1380	1380	5 November 1380	6 December 1380	?	Sir John Guildesborough John Guildesborough John Guildesborough or Gildesburgh was Knight of the Shire for Essex and Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1380....	202	...
6th	16 July 1381	1381	3 November 1381	25 February 1382	?	Sir Richard Waldegrave Richard Waldegrave (d. 1402) Sir Richard Waldegrave was a Member of Parliament for Suffolk and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of King Richard II.-Life:...	201	...
7th	24 March 1382	1382	7 May 1382	22 May 1382	...	Sir Richard Waldegrave Richard Waldegrave (d. 1402) Sir Richard Waldegrave was a Member of Parliament for Suffolk and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of King Richard II.-Life:...	200	...
8th	9 August 1382	1382	6 October 1382	24 October 1382	?	Sir Richard Waldegrave Richard Waldegrave (d. 1402) Sir Richard Waldegrave was a Member of Parliament for Suffolk and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of King Richard II.-Life:...	199	...
9th	7 January 1383	1383	23 February 1383	10 March 1383	?	Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering was Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1378 and again from 1382 to 1383...	198	...
10th	20 August 1383	1383	26 October 1383	26 November 1383	?	Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering was Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1378 and again from 1382 to 1383...	197	...
11th	3 March 1384	1384	29 April 1384	27 May 1384	?	Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering was Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1378 and again from 1382 to 1383...	196	...
12th	28 September 1384	1384	12 November 1384	14 December 1384	?	Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering was Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1378 and again from 1382 to 1383...	195	...
13th	3 September 1385	1385	20 October 1385	6 December 1385	?	Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering was Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1378 and again from 1382 to 1383...	194	...
14th Wonderful Parliament The term Wonderful Parliament refers to an English Parliamentary session of November 1386 which pressed for reforms of Richard II's administration.- Auditing the King :...	8 August 1386	1386	1 October 1386	28 November 1386	?	Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering was Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1378 and again from 1382 to 1383...	193	a
15th Merciless Parliament The Merciless Parliament, a term coined by Augustinian chronicler Henry Knighton, refers to the English parliamentary session of February through June 1388, at which many members of Richard II's Court were convicted of treason. The session was preceded by a period in which Richard's power was...	17 December 1387	1387/88	3 February 1388	4 June 1388	?	Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering was Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1378 and again from 1382 to 1383...	192	b
16th	28 July 1388	1388	9 September 1388	17 October 1388	?	Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering was Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1378 and again from 1382 to 1383...	191	...
17th	6 December 1389	1389/90	17 January 1390	2 March 1390	?	Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering was Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1378 and again from 1382 to 1383...	190	...
18th	12 September 1390	1390	12 November 1390	3 December 1390	?	Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering Sir James Pickering was Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1378 and again from 1382 to 1383...	189	...
19th	7 September 1391	1391	3 November 1391	2 December 1391	?	unknown	188	...
20th	23 November 1392	1392/93	20 January 1393	10 February 1393	?	unknown	187	...
21st	13 November 1393	1393/94	27 January 1394	6 March 1394	?	Sir John Bussy John Bussy Sir John Bussy of Hougham in Lincolnshire was a Member of Parliament representing Lincolnshire or Rutland eleven times from 1383 to 1398 as a Knight of the Shire and was also Speaker of the House of Commons at the three Parliaments between 1393 and 1398...	186	...
22nd	20 November 1394	1394/95	27 January 1395	15 February 1395	?	Sir John Bussy John Bussy Sir John Bussy of Hougham in Lincolnshire was a Member of Parliament representing Lincolnshire or Rutland eleven times from 1383 to 1398 as a Knight of the Shire and was also Speaker of the House of Commons at the three Parliaments between 1393 and 1398...	185	...
23rd	30 November 1396	1396/97	22 January 1397	12 February 1397	?	Sir John Bussy John Bussy Sir John Bussy of Hougham in Lincolnshire was a Member of Parliament representing Lincolnshire or Rutland eleven times from 1383 to 1398 as a Knight of the Shire and was also Speaker of the House of Commons at the three Parliaments between 1393 and 1398...	184	...
24th	18 July 1397	1397	17 September 1397	31 January 1398	?	Sir John Bussy John Bussy Sir John Bussy of Hougham in Lincolnshire was a Member of Parliament representing Lincolnshire or Rutland eleven times from 1383 to 1398 as a Knight of the Shire and was also Speaker of the House of Commons at the three Parliaments between 1393 and 1398...	183	...
25th	19 August 1399	1389	30 September 1399	30 September 1399	?	unknown	182	...

Note:

(a) 14th: Known as the Wonderful Parliament
Wonderful Parliament
The term Wonderful Parliament refers to an English Parliamentary session of November 1386 which pressed for reforms of Richard II's administration.- Auditing the King :...

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(b) 15th: Known as the Merciless Parliament
Merciless Parliament
The Merciless Parliament, a term coined by Augustinian chronicler Henry Knighton, refers to the English parliamentary session of February through June 1388, at which many members of Richard II's Court were convicted of treason. The session was preceded by a period in which Richard's power was...

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Parliaments of Henry IV
Henry IV of England
Henry IV was King of England and Lord of Ireland . He was the ninth King of England of the House of Plantagenet and also asserted his grandfather's claim to the title King of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence his other name, Henry Bolingbroke...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st	30 September 1399	1399	6 October 1399	19 November 1399	?	Sir John Cheney John Cheyne (Speaker of the House) Sir John Cheyne or Cheney was a Member of Parliament and briefly the initial Speaker of the House of Commons of England in the Parliament of October 1399, summoned by the newly-acclaimed Henry IV....	181	a
1st	30 September 1399	1399	6 October 1399	19 November 1399	?	John Doreward John Doreward -Early life:Outside the affairs of parliament, little is known of Doreward. He was apparently the son of William Doreward of Bocking, Essex who was a member of parliament for Essex in the eighteenth and twentieth parliaments of Edward III...	181	a
2nd	9 September 1400	1400/01	20 January 1401	10 March 1401	?	Sir Arnold Savage Arnold Savage Sir Arnold Savage of Bobbing Court, Kent was the English Speaker of the House of Commons from 1400 to 1402 and then again from 1403 to 1404 and a Knight of the Shire of Kent who was referred to as "the great comprehensive symbol of the English people"...	180	...
3rd	19 June 1402	1402	30 September 1402	25 November 1402	?	Sir Henry Redford Henry Redford Sir Henry Redford was a Knight of the Shire, Sheriff of Lincolnshire and the Speaker of the House of Commons.In 1384 he served on a number of royal commissions and was knighted....	179	...
4th	20 October 1403	1403/04	14 January 1404	20 March 1404	?	Sir Arnold Savage Arnold Savage Sir Arnold Savage of Bobbing Court, Kent was the English Speaker of the House of Commons from 1400 to 1402 and then again from 1403 to 1404 and a Knight of the Shire of Kent who was referred to as "the great comprehensive symbol of the English people"...	178	...
5th Unlearned Parliament The Unlearned Parliament also known as the Lawless Parliament , Parliament of Dunces or the Parliamentum Indoctorum is the term used for the 1404 parliament called by Henry IV of England at the Great Hall of the Benedictine monastery in Coventry, Warwickshire, so called because the king refused to...	25 August 1404	1404	6 October 1404	13 November 1404	?	Sir William Esturmy William Esturmy Sir William Esturmy or Sturmy was hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest, a Knight of the Shire and Speaker of the House of Commons....	177	(b)
6th	21 December 1405	1405/06	1 March 1406	22 December 1406	?	Sir John Tiptoft John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft Sir John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft was a Knight of the Shire for Huntingdonshire and Somerset, Speaker of the House of Commons, Treasurer of the Household, Chief Butler of England, Treasurer of the Exchequer and Seneschal of Landes and Aquitaine.-Early life:This English nobleman was the eldest...	176	...
7th	26 August 1407	1407	20 October 1407	2 December 1407	?	Thomas Chaucer Thomas Chaucer Thomas Chaucer was the Speaker of the English House of Commons and son of Geoffrey Chaucer and Philippa Roet.-Life:...	175	...
8th	26 October 1409	1409/10	27 January 1410	9 May 1410	?	Thomas Chaucer Thomas Chaucer Thomas Chaucer was the Speaker of the English House of Commons and son of Geoffrey Chaucer and Philippa Roet.-Life:...	174	...
9th	21 September 1411	1411	3 November 1411	19 December 1411	?	Thomas Chaucer Thomas Chaucer Thomas Chaucer was the Speaker of the English House of Commons and son of Geoffrey Chaucer and Philippa Roet.-Life:...	173	...
10th	1 December 1412	1412/13	3 February 1413	20 March 1413	?	unknown	172	...

Note:

(a) 1st: Known as a Convention Parliament.
(b) 5th: Known as the Unlearned Parliament
Unlearned Parliament
The Unlearned Parliament also known as the Lawless Parliament , Parliament of Dunces or the Parliamentum Indoctorum is the term used for the 1404 parliament called by Henry IV of England at the Great Hall of the Benedictine monastery in Coventry, Warwickshire, so called because the king refused to...

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Parliaments of Henry V
Henry V of England
Henry 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....

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st	22 March 1413	1413	14 May 1413	9 June 1413	?	William Stourton William Stourton (speaker) William Stourton was a Speaker of the House of Commons of England from May 1413 to June 1413 when he represented the constituency of Dorset.He was born the son and heir of John Stourton of Stourton, Wiltshire....	171	...
1st	22 March 1413	1413	14 May 1413	9 June 1413	?	John Doreward John Doreward -Early life:Outside the affairs of parliament, little is known of Doreward. He was apparently the son of William Doreward of Bocking, Essex who was a member of parliament for Essex in the eighteenth and twentieth parliaments of Edward III...	171	...
2nd Fire and Faggot Parliament The Fire and Faggot Parliament was an English Parliament held in 1414 during the reign of Henry V.It was held in Grey Friars Priory in Leicester, and the Speaker was Walter Hungerford....	1 December 1413	1413/14	30 April 1414	29 May 1414	?	Sir Walter Hungerford Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford Walter 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....	170	a
3rd	26 September 1414	1414	19 November 1414	...	?	Thomas Chaucer Thomas Chaucer Thomas Chaucer was the Speaker of the English House of Commons and son of Geoffrey Chaucer and Philippa Roet.-Life:...	169	...
4th	12 August 1415	1415	4 November 1415	12 November 1415	?	Sir Richard Redman Richard Redman (Speaker) Sir Richard Redman was a British soldier, administrator and politician, being elected as a Member of Parliament representing Yorkshire and later acting as the Speaker of the House of Commons for the Parliament of 1415....	168	b
5th	21 January 1416	1416	16 March 1416	May 1416	?	Sir Walter Beauchamp Walter Beauchamp Sir Walter Beauchamp was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between March and May 1416.He was probably the second son of Sir John Beauchamp of Powick, Worcestershire. He entered into the service of Henry IV and became an esquire in the royal household...	167	...
6th	3 September 1416	1416	19 October 1416	18 November 1416	?	Roger Flower Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...	166	...
7th	5 October 1417	1417	16 November 1417	17 December 1417	?	Roger Flower Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...	165	...
8th	24 August 1419	1419	16 October 1419	13 November 1419	?	Roger Flower Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...	164	...
9th	21 October 1420	1420	2 December 1420	...	?	Roger Hunt Roger Hunt (speaker) Roger Hunt was an English MP and Speaker of the House of Commons.He was of obscure origins, but acquired the manor of Molesworth in Huntingdonshire and acquired a circle on influential friends such as Sir John Tiptoft and John Mowbray, the future Duke of Norfolk...	163	...
10th	26 February 1421	1421	2 May 1421	...	?	Thomas Chaucer Thomas Chaucer Thomas Chaucer was the Speaker of the English House of Commons and son of Geoffrey Chaucer and Philippa Roet.-Life:...	162	...
11th	20 October 1421	1421	1 December 1421	...	?	Richard Baynard Richard Baynard Richard Baynard was an English administrator, MP and Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1421.He was born the fourth son and heir of Thomas Baynard of Messing, Essex....	161	...

Note:

(a) 2nd: Known as the Fire and Faggot Parliament
Fire and Faggot Parliament
The Fire and Faggot Parliament was an English Parliament held in 1414 during the reign of Henry V.It was held in Grey Friars Priory in Leicester, and the Speaker was Walter Hungerford....

. Met at Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...

.
(b) 4th: Known as the Parliament of 1415.

Parliaments of Henry VI
Henry VI of England
Henry VI was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. Until 1437, his realm was governed by regents. Contemporaneous accounts described him as peaceful and pious, not suited for the violent dynastic civil wars, known as the Wars...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st	29 September 1422	1422	9 November 1422	18 December 1422	?	Roger Flower Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...	160	...
2nd	1 September 1423	1423	20 October 1423	28 February 1424	?	Sir John Russell Sir John Russell Sir John Wriothesley Russell, , British diplomat, Ambassador. He was educated at Eton College, Berkshire, England, graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1935 with a Bachelor of Arts , He was part of the British Embassy in Moscow in 1941 and in 1956, also with a M.A. degree, getting...	159	...
3rd	24 February 1425	1425	30 April 1425	14 July 1425	?	Sir Thomas Walton Thomas Walton Sir Thomas Walton was an English MP and Speaker of the House of Commons.He was born the son of John de Walton of Great Staughton, Huntingdonshire, who was a previous MP for Huntingdonshire....	158	a
4th Parliament of Bats The Parliament of Bats was a Parliament of England that was held in 1426 in Leicester. Meetings took place in the great hall of Leicester Castle. The King at the time, Henry VI was an infant, and the session saw him knighted in St Mary de Castro Church across the road from the Castle Great Hall...	7 January 1426	1426	18 February 1426	1 June 1426	?	Sir Richard Vernon	157	b
5th	15 July 1427	1427	13 October 1427	25 March 1428	?	Sir John Tyrrell John Tyrell Sir John Tyrrell possessed the manor of Heron , Essex, was Knight of the Shire for that county, and Speaker of the House of Commons....	156	...
6th	12 July 1429	1429	22 September 1429	23 February 1430	?	William Alington William Alington Sir William Alington, Knt. , lord of the manor of both Bottisham and Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, was Speaker of the House of Commons of England, Treasurer of The Exchequer, and High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire....	155	...
7th	27 November 1430	1430/31	12 January 1431	20 March 1431	?	Sir John Tyrrell John Tyrell Sir John Tyrrell possessed the manor of Heron , Essex, was Knight of the Shire for that county, and Speaker of the House of Commons....	154	...
8th	25 February 1432	1432	12 May 1432	17 July 1432	?	Sir John Russell Sir John Russell Sir John Wriothesley Russell, , British diplomat, Ambassador. He was educated at Eton College, Berkshire, England, graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1935 with a Bachelor of Arts , He was part of the British Embassy in Moscow in 1941 and in 1956, also with a M.A. degree, getting...	153	...
9th	24 May 1433	1433	8 July 1433	>c.18 December 1433	?	Roger Hunt Roger Hunt (speaker) Roger Hunt was an English MP and Speaker of the House of Commons.He was of obscure origins, but acquired the manor of Molesworth in Huntingdonshire and acquired a circle on influential friends such as Sir John Tiptoft and John Mowbray, the future Duke of Norfolk...	152	...
10th	5 July 1435	1435	10 October 1435	23 December 1435	?	John Bowes John Bowes (speaker) John Bowes was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between October 1435 and December 1435.He was from Cortlingstoke, Nottinghamshire and trained as a lawyer....	151	...
11th	29 October 1436	1436/37	21 January 1437	27 March 1437	?	Sir John Tyrrell John Tyrell Sir John Tyrrell possessed the manor of Heron , Essex, was Knight of the Shire for that county, and Speaker of the House of Commons....	150	...
11th	29 October 1436	1436/37	21 January 1437	27 March 1437	?	William Burley William Burley William Burley was MP for Shropshire nineteen times and Speaker of the House of Commons of England.He was the eldest son of John Burley of Broncroft in Corvedale, who was himself six times MP for Shropshire....	150	...
12th	26 September 1439	1439	12 November 1439	c.15–24 February 1440	?	William Tresham William Tresham Sir William Tresham JP was an English lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons. Born in Northamptonshire, the son of Thomas Tresham of Sywell, he went on to become a major landowner in the region...	149	...
13th	3 December 1441	1441/42	25 January 1442	27 March 1442	?	William Tresham William Tresham Sir William Tresham JP was an English lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons. Born in Northamptonshire, the son of Thomas Tresham of Sywell, he went on to become a major landowner in the region...	148	...
14th	13 January 1445	1445	25 February 1445	9 April 1445	?	William Burley William Burley William Burley was MP for Shropshire nineteen times and Speaker of the House of Commons of England.He was the eldest son of John Burley of Broncroft in Corvedale, who was himself six times MP for Shropshire....	147	...
15th	14 December 1446	1446/47	10 February 1447	3 March 1447	?	William Tresham William Tresham Sir William Tresham JP was an English lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons. Born in Northamptonshire, the son of Thomas Tresham of Sywell, he went on to become a major landowner in the region...	146	...
16th	2 January 1449	1449	12 February 1449	16 July 1449	?	Sir John Say John Say Sir John Say, Kt. was an English courtier, MP and Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:He was the son of John Say, born before 1445, and his wife Maud...	145	...
17th	23 September 1449	1449	6 November 1449	c.5–8 June 1450	?	Sir John Popham	144	...
17th	23 September 1449	1449	6 November 1449	c.5–8 June 1450	?	William Tresham William Tresham Sir William Tresham JP was an English lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons. Born in Northamptonshire, the son of Thomas Tresham of Sywell, he went on to become a major landowner in the region...	144	...
18th	5 September 1450	1450	6 November 1450	c.24–31 May 1451	?	Sir Willian Oldhall	143	...
19th	20 January 1453	1453	6 March 1453	c.16–21 April 1454	?	Thomas Thorpe Thomas Thorpe Thomas Thorpe was an English publisher, most famous for publishing Shakespeare's sonnets and several works by Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson. His publication of the sonnets has long been controversial...	142	...
19th	20 January 1453	1453	6 March 1453	c.16–21 April 1454	?	Sir Thomas Charlton	142	...
20th	26 May 1455	1455	9 July 1455	12 March 1456	?	Sir John Wenlock	141	...
21st Parliament of Devils The Parliament of Devils was a session of the Parliament of England, held at Coventry. It was the 21st Parliament summoned in the reign of King Henry VI of England.The Parliament was summoned on 9 October 1459 for a first meeting on 20 November 1459....	9 October 1459	1459	20 November 1459	20 December 1459	?	Sir Thomas Tresham Thomas Tresham (speaker) Sir Thomas Tresham was a British politician, soldier and administrator. He was the son of Sir William Tresham and his wife Isabel de Vaux, and much of Thomas's early advancement was due to his father's influence...	140	c
22nd	30 July 1460	1460	7 October 1460	c.4 March 1461	?	John Green John Green (speaker) John Green was Speaker of the House of Commons of England in October 1460.He was the son of John Green of Widdington, Essex and was trained as a lawyer in Gray's Inn....	139	...
23rd	15 October 1470	1470	26 November 1470	c. 11 April 1471	?	unknown	135	d

Note:

(a) 3rd: Known as the Parliament of 1425.
(b) 4th: Known as the Parliament of Bats
Parliament of Bats
The Parliament of Bats was a Parliament of England that was held in 1426 in Leicester. Meetings took place in the great hall of Leicester Castle. The King at the time, Henry VI was an infant, and the session saw him knighted in St Mary de Castro Church across the road from the Castle Great Hall...

. Met at Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...

.
(c) 21st: Known as the Parliament of Devils
Parliament of Devils
The Parliament of Devils was a session of the Parliament of England, held at Coventry. It was the 21st Parliament summoned in the reign of King Henry VI of England.The Parliament was summoned on 9 October 1459 for a first meeting on 20 November 1459....

. Met at Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

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(d) 23rd: This Parliament was held during a period when King Henry VI
Henry VI of England
Henry VI was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. Until 1437, his realm was governed by regents. Contemporaneous accounts described him as peaceful and pious, not suited for the violent dynastic civil wars, known as the Wars...

was restored to the throne. It ended when King Edward IV
Edward IV of England
Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...

deposed Henry for the second time.

Parliaments of Edward IV
Edward IV of England
Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st	23 May 1461	1461	4 November 1461	6 May 1462	?	James Strangeways James Strangeways James Strangeways was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1461–1462.-Life:He was the son of Sir James Strangeways of Whorlton, Yorkshire by his wife Joan, daughter of Nicholas Orrell.A Yorkist, he fought at the 1st battle of St Albans in 1455, Blore Heath in 1459, Wakefield in...	138	...
2nd	22 December 1462	1462/63	29 April 1463	28 March 1465	?	John Say John Say Sir John Say, Kt. was an English courtier, MP and Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:He was the son of John Say, born before 1445, and his wife Maud...	137	...
3rd	28 February 1467	1467	3 June 1467	7 June 1468	?	John Say John Say Sir John Say, Kt. was an English courtier, MP and Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:He was the son of John Say, born before 1445, and his wife Maud...	136	...
4th	19 August 1472	1472	6 October 1472	14 March 1475	?	William Alington William Alington Sir William Alington, Knt. , lord of the manor of both Bottisham and Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, was Speaker of the House of Commons of England, Treasurer of The Exchequer, and High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire....	134	...
5th	20 November 1477	1477/78	16 January 1478	26 February 1478	1	William Alington William Alington Sir William Alington, Knt. , lord of the manor of both Bottisham and Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, was Speaker of the House of Commons of England, Treasurer of The Exchequer, and High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire....	133	...
6th	15 November 1482	1482/83	20 January 1483	18 February 1483	1	John Wood John Wood (speaker) Sir John Wood was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between January 1483 and February 1483.He was probably born in Suddex, the son of another John Wood....	132	...

Parliament of Richard III
Richard III of England
Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st	9 December 1483	1483/84	23 January 1484	20 February 1484	1	William Catesby William Catesby William Catesby, esq. was one of Richard III of England's principal councillors. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Commons during Richard's reign....	131	...

Parliaments of Henry VII
Henry VII of England
Henry VII was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the House of Tudor....

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st	15 September 1485	1485	7 November 1485	c. 4 March 1486	1	Thomas Lovell Thomas Lovell Sir Thomas Lovell was an English soldier and administrator, Speaker of the House of Commons and Secretary to the Treasury.-Early life:...	130	...
2nd	...	1487	9 November 1487	c. 18 December 1487	1	John Mordaunt	129	...
3rd	...	?1488/89	13 January 1489	27 February 1490	1	Thomas fitzWilliam Thomas Fitzwilliam Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1489–1490.He was born into a Lincolnshire gentry family, the son of Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe and educated at the Inner Temple....	128	...
4th	12 August 1491	1491	17 October 1491	5 March 1492	1	Richard Empson Richard Empson Sir Richard Empson , minister of Henry VII, King of England, was a son of Peter Empson, an influential inhabitant of Towcester....	127	...
5th	15 September 1495	1495	14 October 1495	21–22 December 1495	1	Robert Drury	126	...
6th	20 November 1496	1496/97	16 January 1497	13 March 1497	1	Thomas Englefield Thomas Englefield Sir Thomas Englefield was Speaker of the House of Commons.He was born to John Englefield, probably in Englefield in Berkshire around 1455, whose family had been Lords of the Manor there for many generations...	125	...
7th	...	?1503/04	25 January 1504	c. 1 April 1504	1	Edmund Dudley Edmund Dudley Edmund Dudley was an English administrator and a financial agent of King Henry VII. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons and President of the King's Council. After the accession of Henry VIII, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed the next year on a treason charge...	124	...

Parliaments of Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st	17 October 1509	1509/10	21 January 1510	23 February 1510	1	Thomas Englefield Thomas Englefield Sir Thomas Englefield was Speaker of the House of Commons.He was born to John Englefield, probably in Englefield in Berkshire around 1455, whose family had been Lords of the Manor there for many generations...	123	...
2nd	28 November 1511	1511/12	4 February 1512	4 March 1514	4	Robert Sheffield Robert Sheffield Robert Sheffield was an English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons between 1512-1513.-Life:He was son of Sir Robert Sheffield, by Genette, daughter and coheiress of Alexander Lownde of Butterwick, Lincolnshire. He was a commander at the battle of Stoke, and was knighted after...	122	...
3rd	23 November 1514	1514/15	5 February 1515	22 December 1515	2	Thomas Neville	121	...
4th	...	1523	15 April 1523	13 August 1523	3	Thomas More Thomas More Sir Thomas More , also known by Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was an important councillor to Henry VIII of England and, for three years toward the end of his life, Lord Chancellor...	120	...
5th	9 August 1529	1529	3 November 1529	14 April 1536	9	Thomas Audley Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, KG, PC, KS , Lord Chancellor of England, born in Earls Colne, Essex, the son of Geoffrey Audley, is believed to have studied at Buckingham College, Cambridge...	119	...
						Humphrey Wingfield Humphrey Wingfield Humphrey Wingfield was an English lawyer, Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1533 and 1536.-Early life:He was the twelfth son of Sir John Wingfield of Letheringham, Suffolk, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John FitzLewis of West Horndon, Essex; Sir Richard Wingfield and Sir Robert...
						Richard Rich Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich , was Lord Chancellor during the reign of King Edward VI of England. He was the founder of Felsted School with its associated alms houses in Essex in 1564....
6th	27 April 1536	1536	8 June 1536	18 July 1536	1	Richard Rich Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich , was Lord Chancellor during the reign of King Edward VI of England. He was the founder of Felsted School with its associated alms houses in Essex in 1564....	118	...
7th	1 March 1539	1539	28 April 1539	24 July 1540	3	Nicholas Hare Nicholas Hare Sir Nicholas Hare of Bruisyard, Suffolk was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1539-1540.He was born the eldest son of John Hare of Homersfield, Suffolk, educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and admitted to the Inner Temple in 1515...	117	...
8th	23 November 1541	1541/42	16 January 1542	28 March 1544	3	Thomas Moyle Thomas Moyle Sir Thomas Moyle was a commissioner for Henry VIII in the dissolution of the monasteries, and speaker of the House of Commons in the Parliament of England from 1542 to 1544.-Life:...	116	...
9th	1 December 1544	1544/45	23 November 1545	31 January 1547	2	Thomas Moyle Thomas Moyle Sir Thomas Moyle was a commissioner for Henry VIII in the dissolution of the monasteries, and speaker of the House of Commons in the Parliament of England from 1542 to 1544.-Life:...	115	...

Note:

(a) 5th: Known as the Reformation Parliament.

Parliaments of Edward VI
Edward VI of England
Edward VI was the King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first monarch who was raised as a Protestant...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st	2 August 1547	1547	4 November 1547	15 April 1552	4	Sir John Baker John Baker (English statesman) Sir John Baker was an English politician, and served as a Chancellor of the Exchequer, having previously been Speaker of the House of Commons of England.-Early life:...	114	...
2nd	5 January 1553	1553	1 March 1553	31 March 1553	1	James Dyer James Dyer Sir James Dyer was a judge and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of Edward VI of England.Dyer was knighted at Whitehall on 9 April 1553, Strand Inn, preparatory 1520s, Middle Temple abt. 1530, called to the bar 1537?, bencher 1540s, serjeant-at-law 17 Oct...	113	...

Parliaments of Mary I
Mary I of England
Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st	14 August 1553	1553	5 October 1553	5 December 1553	1	Sir John Pollard John Pollard (speaker) Sir John Pollard was a Speaker of the English House of Commons. He became Speaker in 1553 and he was knighted only a few weeks before his death.-Life:...	112	...
2nd	17 February 1554	1554	2 April 1554	3 May 1554	1	Robert Brooke Robert Brooke Colonel Sir Robert Brooke , Lieutenant-Colonel in the army of Bengal and Governor of the island of St Helena from 1788 to 1800.He married in 1775, Anna Maria Mapletoft, daughter of Reverend Robert Mapletoft, Assistant Chaplain to the East India Company at St John's, Calcutta; they had five sons and...	111	...
3rd	3 October 1554	1554	12 November 1554	16 January 1555	1	Clement Higham Clement Higham Sir Clement Higham, Knight, of Barrow Hall, Suffolk, , was a Member of Parliament, Speaker of the House of Commons , Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and a Privy Councillor to Queen Mary...	110	...
4th	3 September 1555	1555	21 October 1555	9 December 1555	1	Sir John Pollard John Pollard (speaker) Sir John Pollard was a Speaker of the English House of Commons. He became Speaker in 1553 and he was knighted only a few weeks before his death.-Life:...	109	...
5th	6 December 1557	1557/58	20 January 1558	17 November 1558	2	William Cordell William Cordell Sir William Cordell was Solicitor General and Master of the Rolls during the reign of Queen Mary I and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I....	108	...

Parliaments of Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st	5 December 1558	1558/59	23 January 1559	8 May 1559	1	Thomas Gargrave Thomas Gargrave Sir Thomas Gargrave was a Yorkshire Knight who served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1565 and 1569. His principal residence was at Nostell Priory, one of many grants of land that Gargrave secured during his lifetime...	107	...
2nd	10 November 1562	1562/63	11 January 1563	2 January 1567	2	Thomas Williams Thomas Williams (speaker) Thomas Williams was a Speaker of the English House of Commons. He was a lawyer and a member of the Inner Temple, sat as MP for Exeter during the first and second Parliaments of Elizabeth I and was elected Speaker on 12 January 1563 and remained so until his unexpected death in 1566...	106	...
2nd	10 November 1562	1562/63	11 January 1563	2 January 1567	2	Richard Onslow Richard Onslow (Solicitor General) Richard Onslow was a 16th century English lawyer who served as Solicitor General and Speaker of the House of Commons....	106	...
3rd	...	1571	2 April 1571	29 May 1571	1	Christopher Wray Christopher Wray Sir Christopher Wray was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Early life and career:Wray, the third son of Thomas Wray, seneschal in 1535 of Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire, by Joan, daughter of Robert Jackson of Gatenby, Bedale, in the same county, was born at Bedale in 1524...	105	...
4th	28 March 1572	1572	8 May 1572	19 April 1583	2	Robert Bell	104	...
4th	28 March 1572	1572	8 May 1572	19 April 1583	2	John Popham	104	...
5th	12 October 1584	1584	23 November 1584	14 September 1585	2	John Puckering John Puckering Sir John Puckering was a lawyer, politician, Speaker of the English House of Commons, and Lord Keeper from 1592 until his death...	103	...
6th	15 September 1586	1586	15 October 1586	23 March 1587	2	John Puckering John Puckering Sir John Puckering was a lawyer, politician, Speaker of the English House of Commons, and Lord Keeper from 1592 until his death...	102	...
7th	18 September 1588	1588/89	4 February 1589	29 March 1589	1	Thomas Snagge Thomas Snagge Sir Thomas Snagge was an M.P., lawyer and wealthy landowner who served as Speaker of the English House of Commons, Attorney General for Ireland and as the Queen's Sergeant.-Life:...	101	...
8th	4 January 1593	1593	18 February 1593	10 April 1593	1	Edward Coke Edward Coke Sir Edward Coke SL PC was an English barrister, judge and politician considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Born into a middle class family, Coke was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge before leaving to study at the Inner Temple, where he was called to the...	100	...
9th	23 August 1597	1597	24 October 1597	9 February 1598	2	Christopher Yelverton Christopher Yelverton Sir Christopher Yelverton was an English judge and speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:He was the third son of William Yelverton of Rougham, Norfolk...	99	...
10th	11 September 1601	1601	27 October 1601	19 December 1601	1	John Croke John Croke Sir John Croke was Speaker of the English House of Commons between October–December 1601. He was a lawyer and judge by profession, and was Recorder of London...	98	...

Parliaments of James I
James I of England
James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st	31 January 1604	1604	19 March 1604	9 February 1611	5	Edward Phelips Edward Phelips Sir Edward Phelips was an English lawyer and politician, the Speaker of the English House of Commons from 1604 until 1611, and subsequently Master of the Rolls from 1611 until his death in 1614. He was an elected MP from 1584, and in 1588, following a successful career as a lawyer, he commissioned...	97	...
2nd Addled Parliament The Addled Parliament was the second Parliament of England of the reign of James I of England , which sat between 5 April and 7 June 1614...	...	?1614	5 April 1614	7 June 1614	1	Randolph Crewe	96	Addled Parliament Addled Parliament The Addled Parliament was the second Parliament of England of the reign of James I of England , which sat between 5 April and 7 June 1614...
3rd	13 November 1620	1620/21	16 January 1621	8 February 1622	2	Thomas Richardson Thomas Richardson (judge) Sir Thomas Richardson was successively Speaker of the House of Commons, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Origins and early career:...	95	...
4th Happy Parliament The Happy Parliament was the fourth and last Parliament of England of the reign of King James I, sitting from 19 February 1624 to 24 May 1624 and then from 2 November 1624 to 16 February 1625...	20 December 1623	1623/24	12 February 1624	27 March 1625	1	Thomas Crewe Thomas Crewe Sir Thomas Crewe , of Stene in Northamptonshire, was an English Member of Parliament and lawyer, and served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1623 to 1625....	94	Happy Parliament Happy Parliament The Happy Parliament was the fourth and last Parliament of England of the reign of King James I, sitting from 19 February 1624 to 24 May 1624 and then from 2 November 1624 to 16 February 1625...

Parliaments of Charles I
Charles I of England
Charles 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...

The Long Parliament, which commenced in this reign, had the longest term and the most complex history of any English Parliament. The entry in the first table below relates to the whole Parliament. Although it rebelled against King Charles I

Charles I of England

Charles 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...

and continued to exist long after the King's death, it was a Parliament he originally summoned. An attempt has been made to set out the different phases of the Parliament in the second table in this section and in subsequent sections. The phases are indicated by a letter in the -Plt column (in the case of these phases they all share the same -Plt number, which is used in the first table of this section, so the column is available to set out the letter for the phases moving forward from 1640) and are explained in a note.

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st Useless Parliament The 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...	2 April 1625	1625	17 May 1625	12 August 1625	2	Thomas Crewe Thomas Crewe Sir Thomas Crewe , of Stene in Northamptonshire, was an English Member of Parliament and lawyer, and served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1623 to 1625....	93	Useless Parliament Useless Parliament The 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...
2nd 2nd Parliament of King Charles I The Second Parliament of Charles I was summoned early in 1626 in another attempt to solve the King's growing monetary problems.-Reaction to the First Parliament:...	20 December 1625	1626	6 February 1626	15 June 1626	1	Heneage Finch Heneage Finch (Speaker) Sir Heneage Finch was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1607 and 1626. He was Speaker of the English House of Commons in 1626....	92	...
3rd	31 January 1628	1628	17 March 1628	10 March 1629	2	John Finch John Finch John Finch, 1st Baron Finch was an English judge, and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629. He was Speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:...	91	...
4th Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....	20 February 1640	1640	13 April 1640	5 May 1640	1	John Glanville John Glanville Sir John Glanville the younger , of Broad Hinton in Wiltshire, was a Speaker of the English House of Commons during the Short Parliament....	90	Short Parliament Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....
5th Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...	24 September 1640	1640	3 November 1640	16 March 1660	...	William Lenthall William Lenthall William Lenthall was an English politician of the Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:...	89	Long Parliament Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and... (a)
						Henry Pelham Henry Pelham (Speaker) Henry Pelham was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1648. He was Speaker of the English House of Commons.Pelham was the son of Sir William Pelham , of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire...
						William Lenthall William Lenthall William Lenthall was an English politician of the Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:...
						William Say William Say William Say was an English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I.Say was educated at University College, Oxford and the Middle Temple before being called to the Bar in 1631... (Deputy)
						William Lenthall William Lenthall William Lenthall was an English politician of the Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:...

Note:

(a) Speakers of the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...

(including times when it sat as the Rump Parliament
Rump Parliament
The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....

): Lenthall 3 November 1640-26 July 1647; Pelham 30 July 1647-5 August 1647; Lenthall 6 August 1647-20 April 1653 (restored to the Chair by the Army and sat until Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....

dissolved the Rump Parliament) and 26 December 1653-13 January 1660 (when the Rump was restored); Say 13 January 1660-21 January 1660 and Lenthall 21 January 1660-16 March 1660.

The Long Parliament (Royalist phases)

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
5th Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...	24 September 1640	1640	3 November 1640	21 August 1642	1	William Lenthall William Lenthall William Lenthall was an English politician of the Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:...	a	Long Parliament Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
5th Oxford Parliament (1644) The Oxford Parliament was the Parliament assembled by King Charles I for the first time 22 January 1644 and adjourned for the last time on 10 March 1645, with the purpose of instrumenting the Royalist war campaign.Charles was advised by Edward Hyde and others not to dissolve the Long Parliament as...	...	...	22 January 1644	10 March 1645	2	unknown	c	King's Oxford Parliament Oxford Parliament (1644) The Oxford Parliament was the Parliament assembled by King Charles I for the first time 22 January 1644 and adjourned for the last time on 10 March 1645, with the purpose of instrumenting the Royalist war campaign.Charles was advised by Edward Hyde and others not to dissolve the Long Parliament as...

Note:

(a) Phase 'a' of the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...

was when it functioned as a conventional Parliament, requiring the assent of King Charles I
Charles I of England
Charles 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...

to legislation. An unusual feature was that a law was enacted providing that this Parliament could not be lawfully dissolved without its own consent. This phase ended when the King raised his standard (22 August 1642) and commenced the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...

. The day before this event is the date inserted in the Dissolved column.
(b) Phase 'c' of the Long Parliament was the King's Oxford Parliament
Oxford Parliament (1644)
The Oxford Parliament was the Parliament assembled by King Charles I for the first time 22 January 1644 and adjourned for the last time on 10 March 1645, with the purpose of instrumenting the Royalist war campaign.Charles was advised by Edward Hyde and others not to dissolve the Long Parliament as...

. The King was unable to lawfully dissolve the Long Parliament, without its consent, so he summoned the members to meet at Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

. Royalists and those interested in trying to settle the Civil War by compromise attended the meetings, which were in opposition to the revolutionary body (phase 'b' of the Long Parliament, see below) sitting concurrently at Westminster
Palace of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is the meeting place of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of Commons...

. The date of the first meeting is given in the Assembled column and of the last sitting in the Dissolved column.

Parliaments of the Revolution and Commonwealth
Commonwealth of England
The Commonwealth of England was the republic which ruled first England, and then Ireland and Scotland from 1649 to 1660. Between 1653–1659 it was known as the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...	...	...	22 August 1642	5 December 1648	1	William Lenthall William Lenthall William Lenthall was an English politician of the Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:...	b	Long Parliament Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and... (a)
						Henry Pelham Henry Pelham (Speaker) Henry Pelham was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1648. He was Speaker of the English House of Commons.Pelham was the son of Sir William Pelham , of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire...
						William Lenthall William Lenthall William Lenthall was an English politician of the Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:...
1st Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	...	...	6 December 1648	20 April 1653	1	William Lenthall William Lenthall William Lenthall was an English politician of the Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:...	d	Rump Parliament Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason.... (b)
2nd Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...	20 June 1653	n/a	4 July 1653	12 December 1653	1	Francis Rous Francis Rous Francis Rous or Rouse was an English politician and a prominent Puritan. He was also Provost of Eton, and wrote several theological and devotional works.-Early life:...	88	Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector... (c)

Note:

(a) This was phase 'b' of the Long Parliament, when it functioned as a revolutionary Parliament, after the start of the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...

. Parliament assumed the power to legislate by Ordinance, without needing Royal assent. This phase ended with Pride's Purge
Pride's Purge
Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...

, which converted the Long Parliament into the Rump Parliament
Rump Parliament
The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....

. In 1644 the King summoned the Long Parliament to meet at Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

. Those members who responded constituted the King's Oxford Parliament
Oxford Parliament (1644)
The Oxford Parliament was the Parliament assembled by King Charles I for the first time 22 January 1644 and adjourned for the last time on 10 March 1645, with the purpose of instrumenting the Royalist war campaign.Charles was advised by Edward Hyde and others not to dissolve the Long Parliament as...

(phase c of the Parliament, see the previous section), in opposition to the revolutionary Parliament which continued to sit at the Palace of Westminster
Palace of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is the meeting place of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of Commons...

. The date in the Assembled column is the day when King Charles I
Charles I of England
Charles 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...

raised his standard and commenced the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...

. The date in the Dissolved column is the day before Pride's Purge
Pride's Purge
Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...

, when the full Long Parliament last met (until the Purge was reversed on 21 February 1660).
(b) This was phase 'd' of the Long Parliament, known as the Rump Parliament
Rump Parliament
The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....

. During this period the Army only permitted selected members to continue to participate. The House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

was abolished (6 February 1649) as was the monarchy (7 February 1649). Thereafter the Rump of the House of Commons
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

was the only remaining element of Parliament. It legislated the Commonwealth of England
Commonwealth of England
The Commonwealth of England was the republic which ruled first England, and then Ireland and Scotland from 1649 to 1660. Between 1653–1659 it was known as the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland...

into existence on 19 May 1649. The date of Pride's Purge is given in the Assembled column and the date when Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....

dissolved the Rump by force is in the Dissolved column.
(c) The Little or Barebones Parliament
Barebones Parliament
Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...

was an appointed body.

Parliaments of the Protectorate
The Protectorate
In British history, the Protectorate was the period 1653–1659 during which the Commonwealth of England was governed by a Lord Protector.-Background:...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....	1 June 1654	1654	3 September 1654	22 January 1655	1	William Lenthall William Lenthall William Lenthall was an English politician of the Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:...	87	1st Protectorate Parliament First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....
2nd Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...	10 July 1656	1656	17 September 1656	4 February 1658	2	Thomas Widdrington Thomas Widdrington Sir Thomas Widdrington SL was an English politician and judge of the 17th century.He and his brother Ralph were of a junior branch of an ancient Northumbrian family and were distantly related to William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington...	86	2nd Protectorate Parliament Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...
	10 July 1656	1656	17 September 1656	4 February 1658	2	Bulstrode Whitelocke Bulstrode Whitelocke Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke was an English lawyer, writer, parliamentarian and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England.- Biography :...	86
3rd Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...	9 December 1658	1658/59	27 January 1659	22 April 1659	1	Chaloner Chute Chaloner Chute Chaloner Chute was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659. He was Speaker briefly in 1659....	85	3rd Protectorate Parliament Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...
						Lislebone Long Lislebone Long Sir Lislebone Long , baptised Loveban, was born at Beckington, Somerset, the son of William Long of Stratton on the Fosse and Mary Lovibond... (Deputy)
						Thomas Bampfylde

These parliaments included representatives of Scotland and Ireland.

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
4th Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	...	...	7 May 1659	13 October 1659	1	William Lenthall William Lenthall William Lenthall was an English politician of the Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:...	e	Rump Parliament Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason.... (restored) (a)

Note:

(a) This was phase 'e' of the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...

. The Army restored the Rump Parliament, to liquidate the Protectorate and re-establish the Commonwealth regime.

Parliaments of the Commonwealth

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	...	...	26 December 1659	20 February 1660	1	William Lenthall William Lenthall William Lenthall was an English politician of the Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:...	f	Rump Parliament Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason.... (a)
						William Say William Say William Say was an English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I.Say was educated at University College, Oxford and the Middle Temple before being called to the Bar in 1631... (Deputy)
						William Lenthall William Lenthall William Lenthall was an English politician of the Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:...
1st Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...	...	...	21 February 1660	16 March 1660	1	William Lenthall William Lenthall William Lenthall was an English politician of the Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:...	g	Long Parliament Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and... (b)
2nd	16 March 1660	1660	25 April 1660	29 December 1660	1	Harbottle Grimston	84	Convention Parliament (c)

Note:

(a) This was phase 'f' of the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...

, with the Rump Parliament running the restored Commonwealth regime.
(b) This was phase 'g' of the Long Parliament. Pride's Purge
Pride's Purge
Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...

was reversed and the full Long Parliament made arrangements for a Convention Parliament and then dissolved itself.
(c) This was a Convention Parliament which restored
English Restoration
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...

the monarchy by recognising King Charles II
Charles II of England
Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...

as the rightful King.

Parliaments of Charles II
Charles II of England
Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st Cavalier Parliament The Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679. It was the longest English Parliament, enduring for nearly 18 years of the quarter century reign of Charles II of England...	18 February 1661	1661	8 May 1661	24 January 1679	16	Edward Turnour	83	Cavalier Parliament Cavalier Parliament The Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679. It was the longest English Parliament, enduring for nearly 18 years of the quarter century reign of Charles II of England...
						Job Charlton Job Charlton Sir Job Charlton, 1st Baronet KS was Speaker of the House of Commons of England from 4 February 1673 to 18 February 1673...
						Edward Seymour Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 4th Baronet, MP was a British nobleman, and a Royalist and Tory politician.-Life:...
						Robert Sawyer Robert Sawyer (Attorney General) Sir Robert Sawyer, of Highclere was the Attorney General for England and Wales and, briefly, Speaker of the English House of Commons....
2nd Habeas Corpus Parliament The Habeas Corpus Parliament, also known as the First Exclusion Parliament, was a short-lived English Parliament which assembled on 6 March 1679 during the reign of Charles II of England, the third parliament of the King's reign. It is named after the Habeas Corpus Act, which it enacted in May,...	25 January 1679	1679	6 March 1679	12 July 1679	2	William Gregory William Gregory (1625–1696) Sir William Gregory was a British judge and politician. He was educated at All Souls College, Oxford and was then called to the Bar. In 1653 he married Elizabeth Smith, with whom he had one daughter, Sarah, who died in 1691 before her father. It was not until 1677 that William gained prominence,...	82	Habeas Corpus Parliament Habeas Corpus Parliament The Habeas Corpus Parliament, also known as the First Exclusion Parliament, was a short-lived English Parliament which assembled on 6 March 1679 during the reign of Charles II of England, the third parliament of the King's reign. It is named after the Habeas Corpus Act, which it enacted in May,...
3rd Exclusion Bill Parliament The Exclusion Bill Parliament was a Parliament of England during the reign of Charles II of England, named after the long saga of the Exclusion Bill...	24 July 1679	1679	21 October 1680	18 January 1681	1	William Williams	81	Exclusion Bill Parliament Exclusion Bill Parliament The Exclusion Bill Parliament was a Parliament of England during the reign of Charles II of England, named after the long saga of the Exclusion Bill...
4th Oxford Parliament (1681) An English Parliament assembled in the city of Oxford for one week from 21 March 1681 until 28 March 1681 during the reign of Charles II of England.Succeeding the Exclusion Bill Parliament, this was the fifth and last parliament of the King's reign. Both Houses of Parliament met and the King...	20 January 1681	1681	21 March 1681	28 March 1681	1	William Williams	80	Oxford Parliament Oxford Parliament (1681) An English Parliament assembled in the city of Oxford for one week from 21 March 1681 until 28 March 1681 during the reign of Charles II of England.Succeeding the Exclusion Bill Parliament, this was the fifth and last parliament of the King's reign. Both Houses of Parliament met and the King...

Note: The Convention Parliament of 1660 is often referred to as the 1st Parliament of Charles II. As it was not summoned by the King, the Convention Parliament is not included in this part of this list. However, it should be noted that many sources will give the above four Parliaments a number one higher than this list does.

Parliament of James II
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st Loyal Parliament The Loyal Parliament was the first and only Parliament of England of King James II, in theory continuing from May 1685 to July 1688, but in practice sitting during 1685 only. It gained its name because at the outset most of its members were loyal to the new king...	14 February 1685	1685	19 May 1685	2 July 1687	1	John Trevor John Trevor (speaker) Sir John Trevor was a Welsh lawyer and politician. He was Speaker of the English House of Commons from 1685 to 1687 and from 1689 to 1695. Trevor also served as Master of the Rolls from 1685 to 1689 and from 1693 to 1717...	79	Loyal Parliament Loyal Parliament The Loyal Parliament was the first and only Parliament of England of King James II, in theory continuing from May 1685 to July 1688, but in practice sitting during 1685 only. It gained its name because at the outset most of its members were loyal to the new king...

Convention Parliament of 1689

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st Convention Parliament (1689) The English Convention was an irregular assembly of the Parliament of England which transferred the Crowns of England and Ireland from James II to William III...	29 December 1688	1688-89	22 January 1689	6 February 1690	2	Henry Powle Henry Powle Henry Powle was Speaker of the House of Commons of England from January 1689 to February 1689. He was also Master of the Rolls and represented the constituency of Windsor...	78	Convention Parliament Convention Parliament (1689) The English Convention was an irregular assembly of the Parliament of England which transferred the Crowns of England and Ireland from James II to William III... (a)

Note:

(a) The Convention Parliament of 1689 was not summoned by King James II, who was outside the country, but by the future William III
William III of England
William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...

, and it decided that James had abdicated by fleeing the capital on 18 December 1688 and by throwing the Great Seal of the Realm
Great Seal of the Realm
The Great Seal of the Realm or Great Seal of the United Kingdom is a seal that is used to symbolise the Sovereign's approval of important state documents...

into the River Thames
River Thames
The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...

. It also offered the throne jointly to William III
William III of England
William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...

and Mary II
Mary II of England
Mary II was joint Sovereign of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband and first cousin, William III and II, from 1689 until her death. William and Mary, both Protestants, became king and queen regnant, respectively, following the Glorious Revolution, which resulted in the deposition of...

, who accepted it.

Parliaments of William III
William III of England
William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...

and Mary II
Mary II of England
Mary II was joint Sovereign of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband and first cousin, William III and II, from 1689 until her death. William and Mary, both Protestants, became king and queen regnant, respectively, following the Glorious Revolution, which resulted in the deposition of...

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt
1st	6 February 1690	1690	20 March 1690	11 October 1695	6	John Trevor John Trevor (speaker) Sir John Trevor was a Welsh lawyer and politician. He was Speaker of the English House of Commons from 1685 to 1687 and from 1689 to 1695. Trevor also served as Master of the Rolls from 1685 to 1689 and from 1693 to 1717...	77
2nd	12 October 1695	1695	22 November 1695	7 July 1698	3	Paul Foley Paul Foley (ironmaster) Paul Foley , also known as Speaker Foley, was the second son of Thomas Foley of Witley Court, the prominent Midlands ironmaster.-Ironmaster:...	76
3rd	13 July 1698	1698	24 August 1698	19 December 1700	2	Thomas Littleton Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet , often Thomas de Littleton, was a British statesman. He was the son of Sir Thomas Littleton, 2nd Baronet and his wife and cousin Anne Littleton....	75
4th	26 December 1700	1700/01	6 February 1701	11 November 1701	1	Robert Harley Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer KG was a British politician and statesman of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods. He began his career as a Whig, before defecting to a new Tory Ministry. Between 1711 and 1714 he served as First Lord of the Treasury, effectively Queen...	74
5th	3 November 1701	1701	30 December 1701	2 July 1702	1	Robert Harley Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer KG was a British politician and statesman of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods. He began his career as a Whig, before defecting to a new Tory Ministry. Between 1711 and 1714 he served as First Lord of the Treasury, effectively Queen...	73

Note: The Convention Parliament of 1689 is often referred to as the 1st Parliament of William & Mary. As it was not summoned by the monarch, the Convention Parliament is not included in this list. However, it should be noted that many sources include it, and thus designate the 1690 parliament as the "Second Parliament". The very first act of the 1690 parliament (2 Will. & Mar., c.1) was to legitimize the Convention parliament as a lawfully-summoned parliament. Subsequent parliaments of William & Mary are designated accordingly, with the result that a total of six parliaments are considered to have sat during this reign.

Parliaments of Anne

No.	Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	Sessions	Speaker Speaker of the British House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...	-Plt	Note
1st	2 July 1702	1702	20 August 1702	5 April 1705	3	Robert Harley Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer KG was a British politician and statesman of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods. He began his career as a Whig, before defecting to a new Tory Ministry. Between 1711 and 1714 he served as First Lord of the Treasury, effectively Queen...	72	...
2nd	2 May 1705	1705	14 July 1705	3 April 1707	3	John Smith John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Smith was an English politician, twice serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer.Smith's father was also called John Smith and he had a sister called Anne, who became Lady Dashwood. He was educated St John's College, Oxford, was at the Middle Temple and was first elected a Member of Parliament...	71	...

On the 29 April 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain was constituted. The members of the 2nd Parliament of Queen Anne became part of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain

1st Parliament of Great Britain

The first Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain was established in 1707, after the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. No fresh elections were held in England, and the existing members of the House of Commons of England sat as members of the new House of Commons of...

Parliaments of Henry IIIHenry III of EnglandHenry III was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for 56 years from 1216 until his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready...

Parliaments of Edward IIEdward II of EnglandEdward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...

Parliaments of Henry VHenry V of EnglandHenry 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....

Parliaments of Edward IVEdward IV of EnglandEdward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...

Parliament of Richard IIIRichard III of EnglandRichard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty...

Parliaments of Henry VIIHenry VII of EnglandHenry VII was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the House of Tudor....

Parliaments of Henry VIIIHenry VIII of EnglandHenry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...

Parliaments of Mary IMary I of EnglandMary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547...

Parliaments of Elizabeth IElizabeth I of EnglandElizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...

Parliaments of James IJames I of EnglandJames VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...

The Long Parliament (Royalist phases)

Parliaments of the Revolution and CommonwealthCommonwealth of EnglandThe Commonwealth of England was the republic which ruled first England, and then Ireland and Scotland from 1649 to 1660. Between 1653–1659 it was known as the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland...

Parliaments of the ProtectorateThe ProtectorateIn British history, the Protectorate was the period 1653–1659 during which the Commonwealth of England was governed by a Lord Protector.-Background:...

Parliaments of the Commonwealth

Parliaments of Charles IICharles II of EnglandCharles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...

Parliament of James IIJames II of EnglandJames II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...

Convention Parliament of 1689

Parliaments of Anne

See also

Parliaments of Henry III
Henry III of England
Henry III was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for 56 years from 1216 until his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready...

Parliaments of Edward II
Edward II of England
Edward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...

Parliaments of Henry V
Henry V of England
Henry 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....

Parliaments of Edward IV
Edward IV of England
Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...

Parliament of Richard III
Richard III of England
Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty...

Parliaments of Henry VII
Henry VII of England
Henry VII was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the House of Tudor....

Parliaments of Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...

Parliaments of Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...

Parliaments of James I
James I of England
James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...

Parliaments of the Revolution and Commonwealth
Commonwealth of England
The Commonwealth of England was the republic which ruled first England, and then Ireland and Scotland from 1649 to 1660. Between 1653–1659 it was known as the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland...

Parliaments of the Protectorate
The Protectorate
In British history, the Protectorate was the period 1653–1659 during which the Commonwealth of England was governed by a Lord Protector.-Background:...

Parliaments of Charles II
Charles II of England
Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...

Parliament of James II
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...