Duration of English Parliaments Before 1660 - Parliaments of King Henry VI

Parliaments of King Henry VI

No. Summoned Elected Assembled Dissolved Duration Speaker -Plt Note
1st 29 September 1422 1422 9 November 1422 18 December 1422 Roger Flower 160
2nd 1 September 1423 1423 20 October 1423 28 February 1424 Sir John Russell 159
3rd 24 February 1425 1425 30 April 1425 14 July 1425 Sir Thomas Walton 158
4th 7 January 1426 1426 18 February 1426 1 June 1426 Sir Richard Vernon 157 a
5th 15 July 1427 1427 13 October 1427 25 March 1428 Sir John Tyrrell 156
6th 12 July 1429 1429 22 September 1429 23 February 1430 William Alington 155
7th 27 November 1430 1430/31 12 January 1431 20 March 1431 Sir John Tyrrell 154
8th 25 February 1432 1432 12 May 1432 17 July 1432 Sir John Russell 153
9th 24 May 1433 1433 8 July 1433 >c.18 December 1433 Roger Hunt 152
10th 5 July 1435 1435 10 October 1435 23 December 1435 John Bowes 151
11th 29 October 1436 1436/37 21 January 1437 27 March 1437 Sir John Tyrrell 150
William Burley
12th 26 September 1439 1439 12 November 1439 c.15–24 February 1440 William Tresham 149
13th 3 December 1441 1441/42 25 January 1442 27 March 1442 William Tresham 148
14th 13 January 1445 1445 25 February 1445 9 April 1445 William Burley 147
15th 14 December 1446 1446/47 10 February 1447 3 March 1447 William Tresham 146
16th 2 January 1449 1449 12 February 1449 16 July 1449 Sir John Say 145
17th 23 September 1449 1449 6 November 1449 c.5–8 June 1450 Sir John Popham 144
William Tresham
18th 5 September 1450 1450 6 November 1450 c.24–31 May 1451 Sir Willian Oldhall 143
19th 20 January 1453 1453 6 March 1453 c.16–21 April 1454 Thomas Thorpe 142
Sir Thomas Charlton
20th 26 May 1455 1455 9 July 1455 12 March 1456 Sir John Wenlock 141
21st 9 October 1459 1459 20 November 1459 20 December 1459 Sir Thomas Tresham 140 b
22nd 30 July 1460 1460 7 October 1460 c.4 March 1461 John Green 139
23rd 15 October 1470 1470 26 November 1470 c. 11 April 1471 0-4-16 unknown 135 c

Note:-

  • (a) 4th: Known as the Parliament of Bats.
  • (b) 21st: Known as the Parliament of Devils.
  • (c) 23rd: This Parliament was held during a period when King Henry VI was restored to the throne. It ended when King Edward IV deposed Henry for the second time.

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