Parliaments of King Edward II
King Edward II reigned between 7 July 1307 - 20 January 1327.
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Duration | Presiding Officer¹ | -Plt | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 26 August 1307 | 1307 | 13 October 1307 | 16 October 1307 | 0-0-4 | unknown | 278 | a |
| 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 | 0-0-17 | unknown | 274 | a |
| 6th² | 11 June 1309 | n/a | 27 July 1310 | ... | ... | n/a | 273 | ... |
| 7th² | 26 October 1309 | n/a | 8 February 1310 | 12 April 1310 | 0-2-4 | n/a | 272 | ... |
| 8th | 16 June 1311 | 1311 | 8 August 1311 | 18 December 1311 | 0-4-10 | unknown | 271 | b |
| 9th | 3 June 1312 | 1312 | 20 August 1312 | 16 December 1312 | 0-3-27 | unknown | 270 | a |
| 10th | 8 January 1313 | 1313 | 18 March 1313 | 9 May 1313 | 0-1-22 | unknown | 269 | a |
| 11th | 23 May 1313 | 1313 | 8 July 1313 | 27 July 1313 | 0-0-20 | unknown | 268 | a |
| 12th | 26 July 1313 | 1313 | 23 September 1313 | 15 November 1313 | 0-1-23 | unknown | 267 | a |
| 13th | 29 July 1314 | 1314 | 9 September 1314 | 27/28 September 1314 | 0-0-19/20 | unknown | 266 | a |
| 14th | 24 October 1314 | 1314/15 | 20 January 1315 | 9 March 1315 | 0-1-17 | unknown | 265 | a |
| 15th | 16 October 1315 | 1315/16 | 27 January 1316 | 20 February 1316 | 0-0-25 | unknown | 264 | c |
| 16th | 24–25 August 1318 | 1318 | 20 October 1318 | 9 December 1318 | 0-1-19 | unknown | 263 | a |
| 17th | 20 March 1319 | 1319 | 6 May 1319 | 25 May 1319 | 0-0-20 | unknown | 262 | a |
| 18th² | 6 November 1319 | n/a | 20 January 1320 | ... | ... | n/a | 261 | ... |
| 19th | 5 August 1320 | 1320 | 6 October 1320 | 25/26 October 1320 | 0-0-20/21 | unknown | 260 | a |
| 20th | 15 May 1321 | 1321 | 15 July 1321 | 22 August 1321 | 0-1-7 | unknown | 259 | a |
| 21st | 14 March 1322 | 1322 | 2 May 1322 | 19 May 1322 | 0-0-18 | unknown | 258 | a |
| 22nd | 18 September 1322 | 1322 | 14 November 1322 | 29 November 1322 | 0-0-16 | unknown | 257 | d |
| 23rd | 20 November 1323 | 1323/24 | 23 February 1324 | 18 March 1324 | 0-0-25 | unknown | 256 | a |
| 24th | 6 May 1325 | 1325 | 25 June 1325 | ... | ... | unknown | 255 | e |
| 25th | 10 October 1325 | 1325 | 18 November 1325 | 5 December 1325 | 0-0-18 | unknown | 254 | a |
| 26th | 28 October 1326 | 1326/27 | 7 January 1327 | ... | ... | William Trussell | 253 | f |
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) The date writs de expenses were issued is assumed to be the date of dissolution.
- (b) 8th: Met in London. The date writs de expenses were issued is assumed to be the date of dissolution.
- (c) 15th: Met in Lincoln. The date writs de expenses were issued is assumed to be the date of dissolution.
- (d) 15th: Met in York. The date writs de expenses were issued is assumed to be the date of dissolution.
- (e) 24th: Only MPs for the Cinque Ports were summoned. Met in London. The date writs de expenses were issued is assumed to be the date of dissolution.
- (f) 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.
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