List of parliaments of England
- This article is a List of Parliaments of England. Devolved English Parliament is about the debate on a devolved parliament for England.
List of Parliaments of England is a list (broken down by reign or republican regime) of the Parliaments, from the reign of King Henry III (when the Curia Regis developed into a body known as Parliament) to the creation of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1707. For later parliaments, see the List of Parliaments of Great Britain. For the history of the English Parliament, see Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The '-Plt' column in the list is the number of the Parliament, counting backwards from the one elected in 2005. This is not a conventional way of referring to Parliaments. The Parliaments of England are often referred to by the number counting forward from the start of the reign of a particular monarch (or republivan regime), unless the Parliament came to be known by a particular title, e.g. Parliament of Merton.
Selected Parliament before 1241
| Name | Opened | Dismissed | Presiding Officer¹ | Monarch | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament of Merton | 1236 | 1236 | n/a | Henry III | held at Merton Priory |
- ¹ No commoners summoned.
Parliaments of Henry III
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Presiding Officer¹ | -Plt | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ... | n/a | 27 October 1258 | 4 November 1258 | ? | Peter de Montfort | 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 | 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 was initially known as the "Prolocutor" and sometimes as the Parlour, but the term most often used was "Speaker" and this became the title always used from the 1540s onwards.
- ² No commoners were summoned.
- (a) 7th: This Parliament was at Oxford. It is sometimes known as the Mad Parliament. Knights of the shire (representing counties) were the only commoners summoned. They were not required to be chosen by election.
- (b) 16th: Knights of the shire were the only commoners summoned. They were not required to be chosen by election.
- (c) 17th: This Parliament is sometimes known as De Montfort's Parliament. This is the first Parliament to which representatives of cities and boroughs were summoned, as well as knights of the shire. It is also the first Parliament to which the representatives were required to be chosen by election.
Parliaments of Edward I
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Presiding Officer¹ | -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 | 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 was initially known as the "Prolocutor" and sometimes as the Parlour, but the term most often used was "Speaker" and this became the title always used from the 1540s onwards.
- ² No commoners were summoned.
- (a) 1st: For the first time since 1264-65 the representatives of the communities of the Realm are known to have been summoned to Parliament.
- (b) 2nd: The knights of the shires only were summoned to this Parliament.
- (c) 19th: Knights only summoned 13-14 June 1290. Assembled 23 April 1290 Lords and 15 July 1290 Commons. After this Parliament it became fairly usual for the representatives of the counties, cities and boroughs to be summoned to attend Parliament and from 1320 they were always included.
- (d) This Parliament included Scottish members.
- (e) 29th: Model Parliament summoned 30 September, 1 and 3 October 1295. This is the traditional start of the regular participation of the Commons in Parliament.
- (f) 33rd: Summoned 30 September 1297 (peers) and 6 October 1297 (knights of the shire). Assembled 9 October 1297 Lords and 15 October 1297 Commons. Met in London.
- (g) 34th: Met in York.
- (h) 35th: Summoned 10, 11 and 13 April 1298.
- (i) 40th: Met in Lincoln. Dissolved 27/30 January 1301.
- (j) 42nd: Summoned 14, 20 and 24 July 1303. Met in London.
- (k) 45th: Assembled and dissolved 30 May 1306.
- (l) 46th: Met in Carlisle. Deemed dissolved when writs de expensis were issued 20 January 1307 (burgesses only) and 19 March 1307 (knights only).
Parliaments of Edward II
Notes:-
- ¹ The presiding officer of the House of Commons was initially known as the "Prolocutor" and sometimes as the Parlour, but the term most often used was "Speaker" and this became the title always used from the 1540s onwards.
- ² No commoners were summoned.
- (a) 8th: Met in London.
- (b) 15th: Met in Lincoln.
- (c) 22nd: Met in York.
- (d) 24th: Only MPs for the Cinque Ports were summoned. Met in London.
- (e) 26th: This Parliament continued after the deposition of the King, into the next reign. See 1st Parliament of King Edward III of England for further details and duration.
Parliaments of Edward III
Notes:-
- ¹ The presiding officer of the House of Commons was initially known as the "Prolocutor" and sometimes as the Parlour, but the term most often used was "Speaker" and this became the title always used from the 1540s onwards.
- ² Hungerford was the first presiding officer of the Commons to be recorded as having the title of Speaker.
- (a) 1st: Continued from the last reign.
- (b) Met at Lincoln.
- (c) Met at York.
- (d) 5th: May have met at New Sarum (now more commonly called Salisbury), York or Northampton, as it is uncertain which meeting was of this Parliament and which were gatherings of lesser status.
- (e) Met at New Sarum (now more commonly called Salisbury).
- (f) Met at Winchester.
- (g) Met at Northampton.
- (h) 46th: Known as the Good Parliament. Met at London.
- (i) 47th: Known as the Bad Parliament.
Parliaments of Richard II
Note:-
- (a) 14th: Known as the Wonderful Parliament.
- (b) 15th: Known as the Merciless Parliament.
Parliaments of Henry IV
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Speaker | -Plt | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 30 September 1399 | 1399 | 6 October 1399 | 19 November 1399 | ? | Sir John Cheney | 181 | a |
| John Dorewood | ||||||||
| 2nd | 9 September 1400 | 1400/01 | 20 January 1401 | 10 March 1401 | ? | Sir Arnold Savage | 180 | ... |
| 3rd | 19 June 1402 | 1402 | 30 September 1402 | 25 November 1402 | ? | Sir Henry Redford | 179 | ... |
| 4th | 20 October 1403 | 1403/04 | 14 January 1404 | 20 March 1404 | ? | Sir Arnold Savage | 178 | ... |
| 5th | 25 August 1404 | 1404 | 6 October 1404 | 13 November 1404 | ? | Sir William Esturmy | 177 | ... |
| 6th | 21 December 1405 | 1405/06 | 1 March 1406 | 22 December 1406 | ? | Sir John Tiptoft | 176 | ... |
| 7th | 26 August 1407 | 1407 | 20 October 1407 | 2 December 1407 | ? | Thomas Chaucer | 175 | ... |
| 8th | 26 October 1409 | 1409/10 | 27 January 1410 | 9 May 1410 | ? | Thomas Chaucer | 174 | ... |
| 9th | 21 September 1411 | 1411 | 3 November 1411 | 19 December 1411 | ? | Thomas Chaucer | 173 | ... |
| 10th | 1 December 1412 | 1412/13 | 3 February 1413 | 20 March 1413 | ? | unknown | 172 | ... |
Note:-
- (a) 1st: Known as a Convention Parliament.
Parliaments of Henry V
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Speaker | -Plt | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 22 March 1413 | 1413 | 14 May 1413 | 9 June 1413 | ? | William Stourton | 171 | ... |
| John Dorewood | ||||||||
| 2nd | 1 December 1413 | 1413/14 | 30 April 1414 | 29 May 1414 | ? | Sir Walter Hungerford | 170 | a |
| 3rd | 26 September 1414 | 1414 | 19 November 1414 | ... | ? | Thomas Chaucer | 169 | ... |
| 4th | 12 August 1415 | 1415 | 4 November 1415 | 12 November 1415 | ? | Sir Richard Redman | 168 | b |
| 5th | 21 January 1416 | 1416 | 16 March 1416 | May 1416 | ? | Sir Walter Beauchamp | 167 | ... |
| 6th | 3 September 1416 | 1416 | 19 October 1416 | 18 November 1416 | ? | Roger Flower | 166 | ... |
| 7th | 5 October 1417 | 1417 | 16 November 1417 | 17 December 1417 | ? | Roger Flower | 165 | ... |
| 8th | 24 August 1419 | 1419 | 16 October 1419 | 13 November 1419 | ? | Roger Flower | 164 | ... |
| 9th | 21 October 1420 | 1420 | 2 December 1420 | ... | ? | Roger Hunt | 163 | ... |
| 10th | 26 February 1421 | 1421 | 2 May 1421 | ... | ? | Thomas Chaucer | 162 | ... |
| 11th | 20 October 1421 | 1421 | 1 December 1421 | ... | ? | Richard Baynard | 161 | ... |
Note:-
- (a) 2nd: Known as the Fire and Faggot Parliament. Met at Leicester.
- (b) 4th: Known as the Parliament of 1415.
Parliaments of Henry VI
Note:-
- (a) 3rd: Known as the Parliament of 1425.
- (b) 4th: Known as the Parliament of Bats. Met at Leicester.
- (c) 21st: Known as the Parliament of Devils. Met at Coventry.
- (d) 23rd: This Parliament was held during a period when King Henry VI was restored to the throne. It ended when King Edward IV deposed Henry for the second time.
Parliaments of Edward IV
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Speaker | -Plt | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 23 May 1461 | 1461 | 4 November 1461 | 6 May 1462 | ? | James Strangeways | 138 | ... |
| 2nd | 22 December 1462 | 1462/63 | 29 April 1463 | 28 March 1465 | ? | John Say | 137 | ... |
| 3rd | 28 February 1467 | 1467 | 3 June 1467 | 7 June 1468 | ? | John Say | 136 | ... |
| 4th | 19 August 1472 | 1472 | 6 October 1472 | 14 March 1475 | ? | William Alington | 134 | ... |
| 5th | 20 November 1477 | 1477/78 | 16 January 1478 | 26 February 1478 | 1 | William Alington | 133 | ... |
| 6th | 15 November 1482 | 1482/83 | 20 January 1483 | 18 February 1483 | 1 | John Wood | 132 | ... |
Parliament of Richard III
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Speaker | -Plt | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 December 1483 | 1483/84 | 23 January 1484 | 20 February 1484 | 1 | William Catesby | 131 | ... |
Parliaments of Henry VII
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Speaker | -Plt | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 15 September 1485 | 1485 | 7 November 1485 | c. 4 March 1486 | 1 | Thomas Lovell | 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 | 128 | ... |
| 4th | 12 August 1491 | 1491 | 17 October 1491 | 5 March 1492 | 1 | Richard Empson | 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 | 125 | ... |
| 7th | ... | ?1503/04 | 25 January 1504 | c. 1 April 1504 | 1 | Edmund Dudley | 124 | ... |
Parliaments of Henry VIII
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Speaker | -Plt | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 17 October 1509 | 1509/10 | 21 January 1510 | 23 February 1510 | 1 | Thomas Englefield | 123 | ... |
| 2nd | 28 November 1511 | 1511/12 | 4 February 1512 | 4 March 1514 | 4 | Robert Sheffield | 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 | 120 | ... |
| 5th | 9 August 1529 | 1529 | 3 November 1529 | 14 April 1536 | 9 | Thomas Audley | 119 | a |
| Humphrey Wingfield | ||||||||
| Richard Rich | ||||||||
| 6th | 27 April 1536 | 1536 | 8 June 1536 | 18 July 1536 | 1 | Richard Rich | 118 | ... |
| 7th | 1 March 1539 | 1539 | 28 April 1539 | 24 July 1540 | 3 | Nicholas Hare | 117 | ... |
| 8th | 23 November 1541 | 1541/42 | 16 January 1542 | 28 March 1544 | 3 | Thomas Moyle | 116 | ... |
| 9th | 1 December 1544 | 1544/45 | 23 November 1545 | 31 January 1547 | 2 | Thomas Moyle | 115 | ... |
Note:-
- (a) 5th: Known as the Reformation Parliament.
Parliaments of Edward VI
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Speaker | -Plt | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2 August 1547 | 1547 | 4 November 1547 | 15 April 1552 | 4 | Sir John Baker | 114 | ... |
| 2nd | 5 January 1553 | 1553 | 1 March 1553 | 31 March 1553 | 1 | James Dyer | 113 | ... |
Parliaments of Mary I
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Speaker | -Plt | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 14 August 1553 | 1553 | 5 October 1553 | 5 December 1553 | 1 | Sir John Pollard | 112 | ... |
| 2nd | 17 February 1554 | 1554 | 2 April 1554 | 3 May 1554 | 1 | Robert Brooke | 111 | ... |
| 3rd | 3 October 1554 | 1554 | 12 November 1554 | 16 January 1555 | 1 | Clement Higham | 110 | ... |
| 4th | 3 September 1555 | 1555 | 21 October 1555 | 9 December 1555 | 1 | Sir John Pollard | 109 | ... |
| 5th | 6 December 1557 | 1557/58 | 20 January 1558 | 17 November 1558 | 2 | William Cordell | 108 | ... |
Parliaments of Elizabeth I
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Speaker | -Plt | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 December 1558 | 1558/59 | 23 January 1559 | 8 May 1559 | 1 | Thomas Gargrave | 107 | ... |
| 2nd | 10 November 1562 | 1562/63 | 11 January 1563 | 2 January 1567 | 2 | Thomas Williams | 106 | ... |
| Richard Onslow | ||||||||
| 3rd | ... | 1571 | 2 April 1571 | 29 May 1571 | 1 | Christopher Wray | 105 | ... |
| 4th | 28 March 1572 | 1572 | 8 May 1572 | 19 April 1583 | 2 | Robert Bell | 104 | ... |
| John Popham | ||||||||
| 5th | 12 October 1584 | 1584 | 23 November 1584 | 14 September 1585 | 2 | John Puckering | 103 | ... |
| 6th | 15 September 1586 | 1586 | 15 October 1586 | 23 March 1587 | 2 | John Puckering | 102 | ... |
| 7th | 18 September 1588 | 1588/89 | 4 February 1589 | 29 March 1589 | 1 | Thomas Snagge | 101 | ... |
| 8th | 4 January 1593 | 1593 | 18 February 1593 | 10 April 1593 | 1 | Edward Coke | 100 | ... |
| 9th | 23 August 1597 | 1597 | 24 October 1597 | 9 February 1598 | 2 | Christopher Yelverton | 99 | ... |
| 10th | 11 September 1601 | 1601 | 27 October 1601 | 19 December 1601 | 1 | John Croke | 98 | ... |
Parliaments of James I
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Speaker | -Plt | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 31 January 1604 | 1604 | 19 March 1604 | 9 February 1611 | 5 | Edward Phelips | 97 | ... |
| 2nd | ... | ?1614 | 5 April 1614 | 7 June 1614 | 1 | Randolph Crewe | 96 | Addled Parliament |
| 3rd | 13 November 1620 | 1620/21 | 16 January 1621 | 8 February 1622 | 2 | Thomas Richardson | 95 | ... |
| 4th | 20 December 1623 | 1623/24 | 12 February 1624 | 27 March 1625 | 1 | Thomas Crewe | 94 | Happy Parliament |
Parliaments of Charles I
The Long Parliament, which commenced in this reign, had the longest term and the most complex history of any English Parliament. The line in the first table below relates to the whole Parliament. Although it rebelled against King Charles I 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 to letter the phases moving forward from 1640) and are explained in a note.
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Speaker | -Plt | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2 April 1625 | 1625 | 17 May 1625 | 12 August 1625 | 2 | Thomas Crewe | 93 | Useless Parliament |
| 2nd | 20 December 1625 | 1626 | 6 February 1626 | 15 June 1626 | 1 | Heneage Finch | 92 | ... |
| 3rd | 31 January 1628 | 1628 | 17 March 1628 | 10 March 1629 | 2 | John Finch | 91 | ... |
| 4th | 20 February 1640 | 1640 | 13 April 1640 | 5 May 1640 | 1 | John Glanville | 90 | Short Parliament |
| 5th | 24 September 1640 | 1640 | 3 November 1640 | 16 March 1660 | ... | William Lenthall | 89 | Long Parliament (a) |
| Henry Pelham | ||||||||
| [[William Lenthall] | ||||||||
| William Say (Deputy) | ||||||||
| [[William Lenthall] |
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Speaker | -Plt | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | 24 September 1640 | 1640 | 3 November 1640 | 21 August 1642 | 1 | William Lenthall | a | Long Parliament |
| 5th | ... | ... | 22 January 1644 | 10 March 1645 | 2 | unknown | c | King's Oxford Parliament |
Henry Pelham
Note:-
- (a) Phase 'a' of the Long Parliament was when it functioned as a conventional Parliament, requiring the assent of King Charles I 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.
- (b) Phase 'c' of the Long Parliament was the King's Oxford Parliament. The King was unable to lawfully dissolve the Long Parliament, without its consent, so he summoned the members to meet at Oxford. 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. The date of the first meeting is given in the Assembled column and of the last sitting in the Dissolved column.
The Revolutionary Parliament and Parliaments of the Commonwealth
| Number | Opened | Dismissed | Speaker | Sessions | Colloquial name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 November 1640 | 20 April 1653 | William Lenthall, Henry Pelham | 1 | Long Parliament | |
| 22 January 1644 | 8 October 1644 | 1 | King's Oxford Parliament at Oxford | ||
| 4 July 1653 | 12 December 1653 | Francis Rous | 1 | Little Parliament or (Barebones Parliament) |
Parliaments of The Protectorate
These parliaments included representatives of Scotland and Ireland.
| Number | Opened | Dismissed | Speaker | Sessions | Colloquial name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1654 | 22 January 1655 | William Lenthall | 1 | First Protectorate Parliament | |
| 17 September 1656 | 4 February 1658 | Thomas Widdrington, Bulstrode Whitelocke | 2 | Second Protectorate Parliament | |
| 27 January 1659 | 22 April 1659 | Chaloner Chute, Lislebone Long (Deputy), Thomas Bampfylde | 1 | Third Protectorate Parliament | |
| 7 May 1659 | 13 October 1659 | William Lenthall | 1 | Rump Parliament (Restored) |
Parliaments of the Commonwealth
| Number | Opened | Dismissed | Speaker | Sessions | Colloquial name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 December 1659 | — | William Lenthall, William Say (Deputy) | 1 | Rump Parliament | |
| 21 February 1660 Pride's Purge reversed | 16 March 1660 | William Lenthall | 1 | Long Parliament | |
| 25 April 1660 | 29 December 1660 | Harbottle Grimston | 1 | Convention Parliament |
Parliaments of Charles II
| Number | Opened | Dismissed | Speaker | Sessions | Colloquial name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 May 1661 | 24 January 1679 | Edward Turnour, Job Charlton, Edward Seymour, Robert Sawyer | 16 | Cavalier Parliament |
| 2 | 6 March 1679 | 12 July 1679 | William Gregory | 2 | Habeas Corpus Parliament |
| 3 | 21 October 1680 | 18 January 1681 | William Williams | 1 | Exclusion Bill Parliament |
| 4 | 21 March 1681 | 28 March 1681 | William Williams | 1 | Oxford Parliament |
Parliaments of James II
| Number | Opened | Dismissed | Speaker | Sessions | Colloquial name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 May 1685 | 2 July 1687 | John Trevor | 1 | Loyal Parliament |
| 2 | 22 January 1689 | 6 February 1690 | Henry Powle | 2 | Convention Parliament |
Parliaments of William III and Mary II
| Number | Opened | Dismissed | Speaker | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 March 1690 | 11 October 1695 | John Trevor | 6 |
| 2 | 22 November 1695 | 7 July 1698 | Paul Foley | 3 |
| 3 | 24 August 1698 | 19 December 1700 | Thomas Littleton | 2 |
| 4 | 6 February 1701 | 11 November 1701 | Robert Harley | 1 |
| 5 | 30 December 1701 | 2 July 1702 | Robert Harley | 1 |
Parliaments of Anne
| Number | Opened | Dismissed | Speaker | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 August 1702 | 5 April 1705 | Robert Harley | 3 |
| 2 | 14 July 1705 | 3 April 1707 | John Smith | 3 |
On the 29 April 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain was constituted.