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Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… at Westminster by King Henry the fourth, on Monday, the day of St Faith the virgin, which was the sixth day of October, in the first year of the reign of the same … parliament to be held there; which summons was of no force or effect, because of the acceptance of the renunciation made …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… parliament, and they might be examined as to whether they, or any one of them, was ever persuaded, requested, required … duke of York his father, that he was commanded to do that day a thing the doing of which made him sadder than he ever … [hem] that thei appelled and forfayted atte that tyme the daye of the areste of the duc of Gloucestre and other lordes, …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… The versos are blank apart from the words 'Parlement (or 'Parliamentum') 6 H.4 pars unica' which are written in a … . 13 Neither mentions any dates after the opening day. The roll gives only the following dates: Monday 6 … grant of the subsidy; and Friday 14 November, 'the last day of parliament'. 14 The opening speech was given by Henry …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… only, the versos being blank apart from the words 'Parl. (or Parlement) 9 H. 4' written in a later hand at the head of … that the prince of Wales felt obliged to rise on the last day of the parliament to vindicate the duke of York - who had … of parliament. On Thursday 20 October, which was the first day of parliament, proclamation was made for the knights of …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… 'as if to the most powerful king in the world'). Next day (3 October) the commons presented their speaker, Sir … this, pointing out that he did not allow it out of duty or custom, but as a matter of special grace, and ordering the … valuable to the crown. On Saturday 25 November - the last day of the parliament - once the commons had made their grant …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… for treason, of whom thirty-one were hanged the following day, and a further seven both hanged and burnt for heresy. 1 … 'before eating' the following morning. 5 On the following day, Tuesday 1 May, therefore, the commons presented the … to try to ensure that foreign shipping was not attacked or molested at times when truces were in operation. There …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… half of France, and until they could be either defeated or forced to recognise it, the treaty would remain not so … 1386-1421, the dissolution occurred on the previous day, Wednesday 18th. 9 It was perhaps with some relief that … carrying out the election of their common speaker on this day, so that they mightpresent him tomorrow before the regent …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… the boy who, according to the Treaty of Troyes, would one day inherit the thrones of England and France; so soon did that day come, however, that the joy shortly turned to dismay. The … that however perfect a gold noble was in either weight or alloy, it was impossible to get white money for it. 6 The …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… members are by no means complete, but the names of 176 (or possibly 182) of the commons are known. 3 On Monday 16 … speaker, with orders to present him to the king the next day. In fact it was not until two days later, Wednesday 18th, … take Sigismund with him to Windsor for the St George's day Garter ceremony, which was held on Sunday 24 May, having …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… the roll. Henry IV died on 20 March 1413. On the following day his son, Henry V, succeeded to the throne, and on 22nd he … More than a quarter of them had connections of one sort or another with the crown, 4 which - combined with the fact … Henry received his reward when, on Friday 9 June, the last day of the parliament, the commons renewed the wool subsidy …