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| 1154 | Henry II |  |
| Bermondsey Orders an early form of Parliament to open at Bermondsey Abbey |
| 1258 | Despenser, Hugh | |
| London Leader of the baronial side in the Model Parliament |
| 1261 | Henry III | |
| 12th June London An agreement with the Pope to absolve Henry from his oath to Parliament is exposed |
| 1264 | Clare, Gilbert de | |
| June London Montfort and Gilbert organize a new parliament |
| 1265 | Henry III | |
| 20th Jan London For the 1st time England is represented in a single chamber at Westminster Hall |
| 20th Jan London Parliament opens with representitives from country gentry & town burgesses |
| 13th Oct London All those who had taken arms against the King & Edward are disinherited |
| 1265 | Montfort, Simon de | |
| 20th Jan London Convenes the opening of Parliament which includes commoners for the 1st time |
| 1275 | Edward I | |
| April London Edward I opens his 1st Parliament |
| 1289 | Clare, Gilbert de | |
| London Demands Parliament not act against the judiciary until Edward I returns to England |
| 1289 | Edward I | |
| London Gloucester demands no aid from Parliament be given until the return of the King |
| 1294 | Edward I | |
| London Opens Parliament to raise taxes for war in Gascony |
| 1295 | Edward I | |
| London Parliament is summoned to gain support against Wales, Scotland & France but it refuses extra money |
| London Summoned to gain support against Wales, Scotland & France but it refuses extra money |
| Nov London Raises enough revenue for 2 armies |
| 27th Nov London Opens Parliament to rally England against the threat of the French & the Scots |
| 1314 | Edward II | |
| Sep York When Parliament meets, Edward finds himself entirely in the hands of the Lords Ordainers and surrenders the government to his cousin Thomas |
| 1316 | Edward II | |
| Lincoln The Lincoln Parliament declares "that the lord king should do nothing grave or arduous without the advice of the council, and that the Earl of Lancaster should hold the chief place in the council" |
| 1316 | Lancaster, Thomas of | |
| Lincoln The Lincoln Parliament declares "that the lord king should do nothing grave or arduous without the advice of the council, and that the Earl of Lancaster should hold the chief place in the council" |
| 1318 | Edward II | |
| York A Parliament at York confirms the treaty of Leek, the Ordinances are confirmed once more and a new council of seventeen appointed, including eight bishops, four earls, four barons, and one banneret |
| 1318 | Valence, Aymer de | |
| York A Parliament at York confirms the treaty of Leek, the Ordinances are confirmed once more and a new council of seventeen appointed, including eight bishops, four earls, four barons, and one banneret |
| 1330 | Edward III | |
| 20th Oct London Takes the government into his own hands & sends out writs summoning a new Parliament |
| 1376 | Hungerford, Thomas | |
| 27th Jan London Appointed Speaker of the House in the Good Parliament, 1st to hold the position |
| 1376 | La Mare, Peter de | |
| 28th April London Appointed Speaker of the Commons "to speak" for the Commons in the Good Parliament |
| 1376 | Lancaster | |
| 28th April London Presides over the "good Parliament", the Treaty of Bruges is renewed for another year |
| 1386 | Richard II | |
| Parliament compels Richard to remove his chancellor, Michael de la Pole |
| 1387 | Richard II | |
| Nottingham Reforms the Royal Prerogative that renders the Parliament treasonous |
| Nov The Duke of Gloucester strikes against the King's royal prerogative |
| 1388 | Beauchamp, Thomas de | |
| London 1 of 5 Lords who forces Richard II to dismiss or execute some of his court favourites |
| 1388 | Henry IV | |
| London Henry Bolingbroke enters Parliament to protest against the tyranny of Richard II |
| 1388 | Mowbray | |
| London One of the 5 appellants in proscribing the King's friends in the Wonderful Parliament |
| 1388 | Richard II | |
| London The Merciless Parliament protests against Richard's tyranny |
| 1397 | Richard II | |
| London Parliament becomes the "King's Parliament" as in early days of Edward I |
| London Parliament is reduced to a committee of 18 |
| 1398 | Richard II | |
| London The new Parliament revokes all legislation passed by the "Merciless Parliament" |
| 1404 | Henry IV | |
| Jan London Parliament opens from January to March |
| Aug London Opens Parliament in order to increase the defence grant |
| Oct Coventry The 2nd Parliament of the year meets at Coventry, the "Unlearned Parliament" |
| 1423 | Henry VI | |
| Nov London Opens the 2nd Parliament of his reign |
| 1426 | Henry VI | |
| Leicester The Leicester Parliament is forbidden arms, MPs arrive with bats, "Parliament of Bats" |
| 1459 | Henry VI | |
| 20th Nov Coventry The Act of Attainder is passed charging the Yorkists with treason |
| 1459 | Margaret | |
| 20th Nov Coventry Assumes control & opens Parliament where all Yorkist leaders are charged with treason |
| 20th Nov Coventry The Act of Attainder is passed charging the Yorkists with treason |
| 1459 | Richard | |
| The Irish Parliament protects the Yorkists from the Act of Attainder |
| 1483 | Russell, John | |
| June London Opens Parliament with a speech supporting Richard III's confirmation as Protector |
| 1485 | Henry VII | |
| 7th Nov London The lower house has 296 members representng 37 counties & 111 boroughs |
| 7th Nov London The opening day of the new Parliament |
| 1510 | Henry VIII | |
| 21st Jan London Opens Parliament, 21 Jaunuary-21 February |
| 21st Jan London Parliament opens for the 1st time during Henry's reign |
| 23rd Feb London Henry VIII's 1st Parliament closes |
| 1512 | Henry VIII | |
| 4th Feb London Opening of Henry VIII's 2nd Parliament |
| 1514 | Henry VIII | |
| 4th Mar London Henry VIII's 2nd Parliament closes |
| 1515 | Henry VIII | |
| 5th Feb London Opening of Henry VIII's 3rd Parliament |
| 22nd Dec London Henry VIII's 3rd Parliament closes |
| 1523 | Henry VIII | |
| 15th April London Opening of Henry VIII's 4th Parliament |
| 13th Aug London Henry VIII's 4th Parliament closes |
| 1529 | Henry VIII | |
| 3rd Nov London Opening of Henry VIII's 5th Parliament |
| 3rd Nov London Opening of the Reformation Parliament |
| 4th Nov London Parliament meets to begin a programme of Church reform that lasts until 1536 |
| 1529 | Walden | |
| London Speaker of the House of Commons in the "Black Parliament" |
| 1536 | Henry VIII | |
| 4th April London Henry VIII's 5th Parliament closes |
| 8th June London Opening of Henry VIII's 6th Parliament |
| 18th July London Henry VIII's 6th Parliament closes |
| 1539 | Henry VIII | |
| 28th April London Opening of Henry VIII's 7th Parliament |
| 1540 | Henry VIII | |
| 24th July London Henry VIII's 7th Parliament closes |
| 1540 | Walden | |
| London Instigated by Thomas Cromwell |
| 1542 | Henry VIII | |
| 16th Jan London Opening of Henry VIII's 8th Parliament |
| 1544 | Henry VIII | |
| 28th Mar London Delivers a speech in Parliament for religious unity & ends the Parliamentary session |
| 28th Mar London Henry VIII's 8th Parliament closes |
| 1545 | Henry VIII | |
| 23rd Nov London Opening of Henry VIII's 9th Parliament |
| 1547 | Henry VIII | |
| 31st Jan London Henry VIII's 9th Parliament closes, final Parliament of reign |
| 1547 | Paget | |
| Staffordshire Elected Member of Parliament for Staffordshire |
| 1552 | Edward VI | |
| 15th April London Closure of Edward VI's 1st Parliament |
| 4th Nov London Opening of Edward VI's 1st Parliament |
| 1553 | Edward VI | |
| 1st Mar London Opening of Edward VI's 2nd Parliament |
| 31st Mar London Closure of Edward VI's 2nd Parliament |
| 1553 | Mary I | |
| Oct London 1st Parliament of Mary's reig, opens to dismantle the English Reformation |
| 1554 | Pole, Reginald | |
| 30th Nov London Parliament listens to Pole's absolution of itself & the nation |
| 1559 | Elizabeth I | |
| 25th Jan London Attends the opening of a Reformation Parliament |
| 1563 | Bacon, Nicholas | |
| 12th Jan London Emphasises the shortage of Church ministers |
| 1566 | Elizabeth I | |
| 30th Sep London Opening day of Parliament |
| 1567 | Elizabeth I | |
| 2nd Jan London Attends the closing session of Parliament |
| 1603 | Elizabeth I | |
| 28th April London The lower house has 406 members representing 90 county seats & 370 borough seats |
| 1614 | James I | |
| 5th April London James opens Parliament |
| 7th June London James closes Parliament & does not call it up for another 7 yrs |
| 7th June London The Addled Parliament had disputed with the King & had not produced any legislation |
| 1620 | James I | |
| 24th Dec London James attacks Parliament for "excess of lavish speech in matters of State" |
| 1621 | James I | |
| London Claims the right to punish any MP who commits a "misdemeanor" |
| London Opens Parliament for the 1st time in 6 yrs |
| London Opens Parliament to fund a war in Europe but it makes a grant to the Protestants |
| London Rebuked by Parliament, had ordered MPs not to "meddle" in affairs of State |
| 1st Dec London Asked by Parliament to defend German Protestants |
| 1st Dec London Asked by Parliament to find a Protestant wife for the Prince of Wales |
| 3rd Dec London Tells Parliament "not to meddle with anything concerning government" |
| 30th Dec London Tears out the Parliament's protestations from the Commons journal |
| 1625 | Charles I | |
| 18th June London Opens his 1st parliament |
| 1626 | Charles I | |
| 6th Feb London Refuses to grant funds without redress of grievances |
| 1629 | Charles I | |
| 5th Mar London Appoints Laud & Wentworth as advisers to rule without Parliament |
| 10th Mar London Charles raises money by fines imposed by star Chamber & selling monopolies |
| 10th Mar London Parliament does not open again for 11 yrs |
| 1638 | Wentworth, Thomas | |
| Advises Charles I to open Parliament to defeat the Scots after the Berwick treaty |
| 1639 | Charles I | |
| 30th Aug Edinburgh 1st day of Charles ' 2nd Parliament in Scotland |
| 14th Nov Edinburgh Final day of Charles ' 2nd Parliament in Scotland |
| 1640 | Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| London Appointed Member of the Short Parliament |
| 1640 | Charles I | |
| London Charles 's attempted offer to cease the levying of Ship Money does not impress the Members of Parliament |
| London Parliament refuses to grant any money to Charles until its grievences are redressed |
| April London After 11 years of attempting personal rule, Charles recalls Parliament under the advice of Lord Wentworth, recently created Earl of Strafford |
| April London Charles I opens the "Short Parliament", to finance the war |
| April London Opens Parliament to finance the war |
| 13th April London Calls the 1st Parliament in 10 yrs to raise œ300,000 to fight the Scots Covenantors |
| 17th April London John Pym makes his long speech expressing the refusal of the House of Commons to vote subsidies without a reduction of royal abuse |
| May London Dissolves Parliament after it refuses to finance the war |
| 4th May London Dissolves Parliament after failing to raise extra finances, after just 3 weeks |
| 2nd June Edinburgh 1st day, 2nd session, of Charles ' 2nd Parliament in Scotland |
| 11th June Edinburgh Final day, 2nd session, of Charles ' 2nd Parliament in Scotland |
| 11th June Edinburgh Scotland declares its votes can become acts without the King's assent |
| 15th July Edinburgh 1st day, 3rd session, of Charles ' 2nd Parliament in Scotland |
| 3rd Nov London 5th & last Parliament |
| 3rd Nov London Charles recalls Parliament which refuses to fund his war against the Scots |
| 3rd Nov London Opened to maintain his army in the nth because a Scottish army had reached Durham |
| 3rd Nov London Opens the "Long Parliament" to pay his army & the Scots after the treaty of Ripon |
| 3rd Nov London Parliamentary demands lead ultimately to the English Civil War |
| 1640 | Pym, John | |
| London Opens the Short Parliament & becomes its leader |
| London Petitions Charles I to come to terms with the Scots, the King to dissolve Parliament |
| 17th April London John Pym makes his long speech expressing the refusal of the House of Commons to vote subsidies without a reduction of royal abuse |
| 3rd Nov London Keeps in secret contact with the Scots, the King is tempted to arrest him for treason |
| 3rd Nov London Pym wishes to use Parliament as a means of confrinting the KIng with resolved issues |
| 1641 | Charles I | |
| 6th April London A resolution compels the King to make no military move without Parliament's consent |
| 7th Aug London Ship Money is abolished by the Long Parliament |
| 2nd Dec London Continues policy of not dealing directly with the Grand Remonstrance |
| 1641 | Haslerig, Arthur | |
| 7th Dec London Presents the Militia Bill for placing military & naval appointments under Parliament |
| 7th Dec London The Militia Bill passes its 1st reading, 158 votes to 125 |
| 1641 | Laud, William | |
| 12th May London Imprisoned after being impeached for high treason by the Long Parliament |
| 1641 | Pym, John | |
| London Moves Bishops should not have political power in Parliament, a challenge to the King |
| 1642 | Pym, John | |
| 1st Jan London For reasons of safety Parliament goes into Committee in the Guildhall |
| 1644 | Charles I | |
| 22nd June Oxford Opens his own Parliament in Chris t Church Hall |
| 22nd June Oxford The new Parliament includes 100 members of the Commons & 30 peers |
| 1648 | Charles I | |
| 15th Jan London Following his treaty with the Scots Parliament renounces allegiance to Charles I |
| 1648 | Fairfax, Thomas | |
| 6th Dec London Attempts to form a provisional government around the Independent Members of Parliament |
| 7th Dec London Opposes Colonel Thomas Pride's purge of Parliament |
| 1648 | Pride, Thomas | |
| 6th Dec London Expels 140 Presbyterians & Royalists from Parliament, creating the rump Parliament |
| 1649 | Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 19th May London Parliament declares England a commonwealth with supreme authority in the Commons |
| 1651 | Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 17th Sep London Dissolution of the "Rump Parliament" is debated by a committe set up for the purpose |
| 1653 | Cromwell, Oliver | |
| London Calls a Puritan Convention which is nicknamed the Barebones Parliament |
| London Dissolves the Rump Parliament |
| London The Rump Parliament is replaced by a Puritan Parliament |
| 20th April London Enters the Commons & forcefully expels the Rump Parliament |
| 12th Dec London The Barebones Parliament is forcefully dissolved |
| 1654 | Cromwell, Oliver | |
| Sep London The Proctorate Parliament meets for the 1st time |
| 1655 | Cromwell, Oliver | |
| London Dissolves Parliament & places ten major generals over ten districts of England |
| Jan London The Proctorate Parliament is dissolved after 5 months |
| 1656 | Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 17th Sep London The 2nd Proctorate Parliament opens |
| 1659 | Cromwell, Richard | |
| London Republicans led by Arthur Haselrig & Henry Neville are not reconciled to the Protectorate & wish to restore rule by the House of Commons |
| 27th Jan London Opening day of the Proectorate Parliament called up by Cromwell |
| 22nd April London The 3rd Protectorate Parliament is dissolved & Cromwell later goes into exile |
| 22nd April London The Protectoral Parliament is dissolved & Cromwell later goes into exile |
| 25th April The republicans in Parliament allied with the army forced Richard Cromwell to dissolve Parliament |
| 7th May 42 survivors of Cromwell's dissolution issue a declaration establishing a "commonwealth without a King, single person or Lords |
| 22nd May Cromwell resigns the Protectorship, leaves for the Continent & does not return until 1680 |
| 1659 | Fleetwood, Charles | |
| General Charles Fleetwood demands indemnity for the Army & arrears of pay & a return to republican rule |
| General Charles Fleetwood leads a mutiny of the Army |
| 25th April The republicans in Parliament allied with the army forced Richard Cromwell to dissolve Parliament |
| 1659 | Haselrig, Arthur | |
| Republicans led by Arthur Haselrig & Henry Neville are not reconciled to the Protectorate & wish to restore rule by the House of Commons |
| 1659 | Lambert, John | |
| 13th Oct Lambert expells the Rump Parliament & institutes military rule through a Committee of Safety |
| 26th Dec Support for Lambert co |
