Duration of English Parliaments Before 1660 - Parliaments of King Edward III

Parliaments of King Edward III

King Edward III reigned between 25 January 1327 – 21 June 1377.

No. Summoned Elected Assembled Dissolved Duration Presiding Officer¹ -Plt Note
1st ... ... ... 9 March 1327 0-2-2 William Trussell 253 a
2nd 7 August 1327 1327 15 September 1327 23 September 1327 0-0-9 William Trussell 252 b
3rd 10 December 1327 1327/28 7 February 1328 5 March 1328 0-0-28 unknown 251 c
4th 5 March 1328 1328 24 April 1328 14 May 1328 0-0-21 unknown 250 d
5th 28 August 1328 1328 16 October 1328 22 February 1329 0-4-6 unknown 249 e
6th 25 January 1330 1330 11 March 1330 21 March 1330 0-0-11 unknown 248 d
7th 23 October 1330 1330 26 November 1330 9 December 1330 0-0-14 unknown 247 f
8th 16 July 1331 1331 30 September 1331 9 October 1331 0-0-10 unknown 246 b
9th 27 January 1332 1332 16 March 1332 21 March 1332 0-0-6 Henry de Beaumont 245 g
10th 20 July 1332 1332 9 September 1332 12 September 1332 0-0-4 Sir Geoffrey le Scrope 244 b
11th 20 October 1332 1332 4 December 1332 27 January 1333 0-1-23 unknown 243 ...
12th 2 January 1334 1334 21 February 1334 2 March 1334 0-0-10 unknown 242 b
13th 24 July 1334 1334 19 September 1334 23 September 1334 0-0-5 unknown 241 d
14th 1 April 1335 1335 26 May 1335 3 June 1335 0-0-9 unknown 240 b
15th 22 January 1336 1336 11 March 1336 20 March 1336 0-0-10 unknown 239 d
16th 29 November 1336 1336/37 3 March 1337 c.16 March 1337 0-0-14 unknown 238 ...
17th 20 December 1337 1337/38 3 February 1338 14 February 1338 0-0-12 unknown 237 h
18th 15 November 1338 1338/39 3 February 1339 17 February 1339 0-0-15 unknown 236 b
19th 25 August 1339 1339 13 October 1339 c.3 November 1339 0-0-22 unknown 235 i
20th 16 November 1339 1339/40 20 January 1340 19 February 1340 0-0-31 William Trussell 234 ...
21st 21 February 1340 1340 29 March 1340 10 May 1340 0-1-11 William Trussell 233 b
22nd 30 May 1340 1340 12 July 1340 26 July 1340 0-0-15 William Trussell 232 b
23rd 3 March 1341 1341 23 April 1341 27–28 May 1341 0-1-4/5 unknown 231 b
24th 24 February 1343 1343 28 April 1343 20 May 1343 0-0-23 William Trussell 230 b
25th 20 April 1344 1344 7 June 1344 28 June 1344 0-0-22 unknown 229 b
26th 30 July 1346 1346 11 September 1346 20 September 1346 0-0-10 unknown 228 b
27th 13 November 1347 1347/48 14 January 1348 12 February 1348 0-0-30 William de Thorpe 227 b
28th 14 February 1348 1348 31 March 1348 13 April 1348 0-0-14 William de Thorpe 226 b
29th 25 November 1350 1350/51 9 February 1351 1 March 1351 0-0-21 William de Shareshull 225 b
30th 15 November 1351 1351/52 13 January 1352 11 February 1352 0-0-30 William de Shareshull 224 b
31st 15 March 1354 1354 28 April 1354 20 May 1354 0-0-23 unknown 223 b
32nd 20 September 1355 1355 23 November 1355 30 November 1355 0-0-8 unknown 222 b
33rd 15 February 1357 1357 17 April 1357 8–16 May 1357 0-0-22/30 unknown 221 b
34th 15 December 1357 1357/58 5 February 1358 27 February 1358 0-0-23 unknown 220 b
35th 3 April 1360 1360 15 May 1360 ... ... unknown 219 ...
36th 20 November 1360 1360/61 24 January 1361 18 February 1361 0-0-26 unknown 218 b
37th 14 August 1362 1362 13 October 1362 17 November 1362 0-1-4 Sir Henry Green 217 b
38th 1 June 1363 1363 6 October 1363 30 October 1363 0-0-25 unknown 216 b
39th 4 December 1364 1364/65 20 January 1365 17 February 1365 0-0-28 unknown 215 ...
40th 20 January 1366 1366 4 May 1366 11 May 1366 0-0-8 unknown 214 ...
41st 24 February 1368 1368 1 May 1368 21 May 1368 0-0-21 unknown 213 ...
42nd 6 April 1369 1369 3 June 1369 11 June 1369 0-0-9 unknown 212 b
43rd 8 January 1371 1371 24 February 1371 29 March 1371 0-1-5 unknown 211 b
44th 1 September 1372 1372 3 November 1372 24 November 1372 0-0-22 unknown 210 b
45th 4 October 1373 1373 21 November 1373 10 December 1373 0-0-20 unknown 209 b
46th 28 December 1375 1375/76 28 April 1376 10 July 1376 0-2-13 Sir Peter de la Mare 208 j
47th 1 December 1376 1376/77 27 January 1377 2 March 1377 0-1-3 Sir Thomas Hungerford² 207 k

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. Date of issue of writs de expensis deemed to be date of dissolution.
  • (b) Date of issue of writs de expensis deemed to be date of dissolution.
  • (c) Met at Lincoln. Date of issue of writs de expensis deemed to be date of dissolution.
  • (d) Met at York. Date of issue of writs de expensis deemed to be date of dissolution.
  • (e) 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. Date of issue of writs de expensis deemed to be date of dissolution.
  • (f) Met at New Sarum (now more commonly called Salisbury). Date of issue of writs de expensis deemed to be date of dissolution.
  • (g) Met at Winchester. Date of issue of writs de expensis deemed to be date of dissolution.
  • (h) Met at Northampton. Date of issue of writs de expensis deemed to be date of dissolution.
  • (i) Met at Northampton.
  • (j) 46th: Known as the Good Parliament.
  • (k) 47th: Known as the Bad Parliament. Date of issue of writs de expensis deemed to be date of dissolution.

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