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The Long Parliament was an English Parliament which lasted from 1640 until 1660. It followed the fiasco of the Short Parliament, which had convened for only three weeks during the spring of 1640 after an 11-year parliamentary absence. In September 1640, [1] King Charles I issued writs summoning a parliament to convene on 3 November 1640.
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected in 1640 to the Long Parliament which began in the reign of King Charles I and continued into the Commonwealth. The fifth and last Parliament of Charles I began at Westminster 3 November 1640 and continued sitting till 20 April 1653, when it was dissolved.
13 April, first meeting of the Short Parliament; 5 May, Charles dissolves the Short Parliament; 28 October, Charles forced to sign the Treaty of Ripon. 3 November, first meeting of the Long Parliament. 11 December, the Root and Branch Petition submitted to the Long Parliament
The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on 20 February 1640 and sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640. [1] It was so called because of its short session of only three weeks.
Parliament Presiding officer Constituency Notes First English Parliament, 11 June 1258: Peter de Montfort: First identified presiding officer of the English House of Commons, styled prolocutor: 27th of Edward II, 7 January 1327: William Trussell: Joint spokesman of Lords and Commons, styled procurator: 10th of Edward III, 16 March 1332: Henry ...
The Short Parliament at Westminster began on 13 April 1640, and was held until 5 May. It sat for only 28 days, and was then dissolved. It was followed by the Long Parliament which began sitting in November 1640. Because of the short duration, several electoral disputes were not resolved before it was dissolved so in some instances there is an ...
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 ...
This is a list of the parliaments of the United Kingdom, of Great Britain and of England from 1660 to the present day, with the duration of each parliament. The NP number is the number counting forward from the creation of the United Kingdom in 1801 and Great Britain in 1707. Prior to that, the parliaments are counted from the Restoration in 1660.