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3 unusual facts about List of Parliaments of England


John de Bourchier

Bouchier is first mentioned as deputed by Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford (1257-1331) to represent him in the parliament summoned in 1306 for the purpose of granting an aid on the occasion of the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward II (1307-1327)) receiving knighthood.

John Pym

John Pym (1584 – 8 December 1643) was an English parliamentarian, leader of the Long Parliament and a prominent critic of Kings James I and then Charles I.

Pope Boniface IX

There was resistance in England, the staunchest supporter of the Roman papacy during the Schism: the English Parliament confirmed and extended the statutes of Provisors and Praemunire of Edward III, giving the king veto power over papal appointments in England.



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