Henry III12 June 1258
Under the Provisions of Oxford Parliament will be held 3 times a yr & the households of the King and Queen reformed
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Under the Provisions of Oxford Parliament will be held 3 times a yr & the households of the King and Queen reformed
Holds "parleys" with his Barons on the Baronial Council, the 1st Parliaments
From 1274-1286 holds 2 Parliaments per year, the Easter & Michaelmas Parliaments
Parliament agrees to the King raising taxes on wool
Parliament bans football in order to keep up the standard of archery
Parliament grants Henry VIII subsidies, tonnage, poundage & wool duties for life
The Act of Appeals is passed, the King must exercise authority through Parliament
Passes the Attainders through Parliament, first instigated by Catherine Howard
The Book of Common Prayer suppressed. Repeals the Prayer Books & restores the old services. Protestant rites are made illegal. Parliament refuses to return the Church lands & acknowledge the Pope. England returns to Catholicism with Mary as head of the Church
Parliament will scrap the anti-papal laws if land is not returned to the Church
Forced by Parliament to renounce Crown rights to grant monopolies. Defeated by Parliament in her attempt to grant trading & manufacturing monopolies
An act is passed through Parliament declaring monopolies to be illegal
Tries to stop his 2nd Parliament debating taxation, outlawing Popery & Arminianism
Parliament declares England a commonwealth with supreme authority in the Commons
The Commonwealth is formerly enacted by Parliament
The Upper House will have 70 members nominated by Cromwell to balance the Commons
Clarendon backs parliamentary reforms intended to secure the restored Church of England.
Takes the sacrament according to the rites of the Church of England. Parliament passes a Test Act for Crown office holders to support the Anglican Church. Imposes citizenship, oaths of allegiance & supremacy
Passes the Test Act through the House of Commons. Opposes Charles IIs Royal Declaration of Indulgence, supports the Test Act
A Bill is passed banning Catholics from sitting in the Commons & the Lords
Parliament presents a Bill to control the Militia. 1st time Charles vetoes a Bill, a generation earlier precipitated the Civil War
1st reading of the 2nd Exclusion Bill passes through the Commons
The Commons move the next in line should be the Duke of Yorks eldest daughter Mary. The Commons move the Duke of York be excluded from the succession
The Lords reject the 2nd Exclusion Bill by 60 votes to 30
The 2nd of 3 Exclususion Bills by the Country Party exclude James from succession. The 2nd Exclusion Bill is rejected by the Lords
Exclusion Bill, 3rd of 3 bills introduced in the Oxford Parliament to exclude James
Fails to persuade Parliament to repeal the 1673 Test Act
The Scotish Estates want their Parliament to remain independent. Scotish Estates pass the Act of Security for Hanoverian succession. Anne suspends the Royal Assent to the Union
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