Parliaments of Edward III
| No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Sessions | Presiding Officer¹ | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ... | ... | ... | 9 March 1327 | ? | William Trussell | a |
| 2nd | 7 August 1327 | 1327 | 15 September 1327 | 23 September 1327 | ? | William Trussell | ... |
| 3rd | 10 December 1327 | 1327/28 | 7 February 1328 | 5 March 1328 | ? | unknown | b |
| 4th | 5 March 1328 | 1328 | 24 April 1328 | 14 May 1328 | ? | unknown | c |
| 5th | 28 August 1328 | 1328 | 16 October 1328 | 22 February 1329 | ? | unknown | d |
| 6th | 25 January 1330 | 1330 | 11 March 1330 | 21 March 1330 | ? | unknown | c |
| 7th | 23 October 1330 | 1330 | 26 November 1330 | 9 December 1330 | ? | unknown | e |
| 8th | 16 July 1331 | 1331 | 30 September 1331 | 9 October 1331 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 9th | 27 January 1332 | 1332 | 16 March 1332 | 21 March 1332 | ? | Henry de Beaumont | f |
| 10th | 20 July 1332 | 1332 | 9 September 1332 | 12 September 1332 | ? | Sir Geoffrey le Scrope | ... |
| 11th | 20 October 1332 | 1332 | 4 December 1332 | 27 January 1333 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 12th | 2 January 1334 | 1334 | 21 February 1334 | 2 March 1334 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 13th | 24 July 1334 | 1334 | 19 September 1334 | 23 September 1334 | ? | unknown | c |
| 14th | 1 April 1335 | 1335 | 26 May 1335 | 3 June 1335 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 15th | 22 January 1336 | 1336 | 11 March 1336 | 20 March 1336 | ? | unknown | c |
| 16th | 29 November 1336 | 1336/37 | 3 March 1337 | c.16 March 1337 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 17th | 20 December 1337 | 1337/38 | 3 February 1338 | 14 February 1338 | ? | unknown | g |
| 18th | 15 November 1338 | 1338/39 | 3 February 1339 | 17 February 1339 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 19th | 25 August 1339 | 1339 | 13 October 1339 | c.3 November 1339 | ? | unknown | g |
| 20th | 16 November 1339 | 1339/40 | 20 January 1340 | 19 February 1340 | ? | William Trussell | ... |
| 21st | 21 February 1340 | 1340 | 29 March 1340 | 10 May 1340 | ? | William Trussell | ... |
| 22nd | 30 May 1340 | 1340 | 12 July 1340 | 26 July 1340 | ? | William Trussell | ... |
| 23rd | 3 March 1341 | 1341 | 23 April 1341 | 27–28 May 1341 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 24th | 24 February 1343 | 1343 | 28 April 1343 | 20 May 1343 | ? | William Trussell | ... |
| 25th | 20 April 1344 | 1344 | 7 June 1344 | 28 June 1344 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 26th | 30 July 1346 | 1346 | 11 September 1346 | 20 September 1346 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 27th | 13 November 1347 | 1347/48 | 14 January 1348 | 12 February 1348 | ? | William de Thorpe | ... |
| 28th | 14 February 1348 | 1348 | 31 March 1348 | 13 April 1348 | ? | William de Thorpe | ... |
| 29th | 25 November 1350 | 1350/51 | 9 February 1351 | 1 March 1351 | ? | William de Shareshull | ... |
| 30th | 15 November 1351 | 1351/52 | 13 January 1352 | 11 February 1352 | ? | William de Shareshull | ... |
| 31st | 15 March 1354 | 1354 | 28 April 1354 | 20 May 1354 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 32nd | 20 September 1355 | 1355 | 23 November 1355 | 30 November 1355 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 33rd | 15 February 1357 | 1357 | 17 April 1357 | 8–16 May 1357 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 34th | 15 December 1357 | 1357/58 | 5 February 1358 | 27 February 1358 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 35th | 3 April 1360 | 1360 | 15 May 1360 | ... | ? | unknown | ... |
| 36th | 20 November 1360 | 1360/61 | 24 January 1361 | 18 February 1361 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 37th | 14 August 1362 | 1362 | 13 October 1362 | 17 November 1362 | ? | Sir Henry Green | ... |
| 38th | 1 June 1363 | 1363 | 6 October 1363 | 30 October 1363 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 39th | 4 December 1364 | 1364/65 | 20 January 1365 | 17 February 1365 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 40th | 20 January 1366 | 1366 | 4 May 1366 | 11 May 1366 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 41st | 24 February 1368 | 1368 | 1 May 1368 | 21 May 1368 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 42nd | 6 April 1369 | 1369 | 3 June 1369 | 11 June 1369 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 43rd | 8 January 1371 | 1371 | 24 February 1371 | 29 March 1371 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 44th | 1 September 1372 | 1372 | 3 November 1372 | 24 November 1372 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 45th | 4 October 1373 | 1373 | 21 November 1373 | 10 December 1373 | ? | unknown | ... |
| 46th | 28 December 1375 | 1375/76 | 28 April 1376 | 10 July 1376 | ? | Sir Peter de la Mare | h |
| 47th | 1 December 1376 | 1376/77 | 27 January 1377 | 2 March 1377 | ? | Sir Thomas Hungerford² | i |
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.
- (b) Met at Lincoln.
- (c) Met at York.
- (d) 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.
- (e) Met at New Sarum (now more commonly called Salisbury).
- (f) Met at Winchester.
- (g) Met at Northampton.
- (h) 46th: Known as the Good Parliament. Met at London.
- (i) 47th: Known as the Bad Parliament.
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