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  2. Model parliament - Wikipedia

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    A model parliament, also known as a mock parliament, is a system that simulates the parliamentary proceedings of a legislature or deliberative assembly. It typically following the Westminster parliamentary system .

  3. Eleven Members - Wikipedia

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    By 1647, Parliament was struggling with the economic cost of the war, a poor 1646 harvest, and plague, while it had to suspend wages for the New Model to raise cash for the Scots. The Presbyterians had substantial support among the London Trained Bands , and by March 1647, they felt strong enough to order the New Model to Ireland.

  4. List of parliaments of England - Wikipedia

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    For the history of the English Parliament, see Parliament of England. The parliaments of England were traditionally referred to by the number counting forward from the start of the reign of a particular monarch, unless the parliament was notable enough to come to be known by a particular title, such as the Good Parliament or the Parliament of ...

  5. Parliament of England - Wikipedia

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    The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised the English monarch. Great councils were first called Parliaments during the reign of Henry III (r. 1216 ...

  6. George Joyce - Wikipedia

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    In 1647, after the conclusion of the First English Civil War, Parliament ordered the New Model Army to disband without full payment of their arrears. [8] In response to this threat, Joyce was tasked with leading a troop of 500 men to take control of Charles I from where he was held in Parliamentary custody at Holdenby House. [10]

  7. BBC Chiefs Grilled in U.K. Parliament Ahead of Funding Model ...

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    BBC director general Tim Davie and acting chair Elan Closs Stephens answered searching questions from the U.K. Lords Communications and Digital Committee on Tuesday on the corporation’s funding ...

  8. Westminster system - Wikipedia

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    Kingdom of Iraq between 1921 and 1958; during the monarchy, the Parliament of Iraq was a bicameral parliament made of an upper house of lords and a lower house of commons and was modelled after the Westminster system with some adjustments.

  9. Politics of England - Wikipedia

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    The English Parliament traces its origins to the Anglo-Saxon Witenagemot.Hollister argues that: In an age lacking precise definitions of constitutional relationships, the deeply ingrained custom that the king governed in consultation with the Witan, implicit in almost every important royal document of the period, makes the Witenagemot one of Anglo-Saxon England's fundamental political ...