Appendix A1: Dates of Parliaments

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Dates of Parliaments

Year and place Date for which summoned Dates of sessions Date of dissolution
1386                              
Westminster 1 Oct. 1 Oct. - 28 Nov.                                         28 Nov.                       1386
1388
Westminster 3 Feb.                            3 Feb. - 20 Mar.
13 Apr. - 4 June                           
4 June 1388
1388
Cambridge 9 Sept. 9 Sept. - 17 Oct. 17 Oct. 1388
1390
Westminster 17 Jan. 17 Jan. - 2 Mar. 2 Mar. 1390
1390
Westminster 12 Nov. 12 Nov. - 3 Dec. 3 Dec. 1390
1391
Westminster 3 Nov. 3 Nov. - 2 Dec. 2 Dec. 1391
1393
Winchester 20 Jan. 20 Jan. - 10 Feb. 10 Feb. 1393
1394
Westminster 27 Jan. 27 Jan. - 6 Mar. 6 Mar. 1394
1395
Westminster 27 Jan. 27 Jan. - 15 Feb. 15 Feb. 1395
1397
Westminster 22 Jan. 22 Jan. - 12 Feb. 12 Feb. 1397
1397
Westminster
Shrewsbury
17 Sept. 17 Sept. - 29 Sept.
27 Jan. - 31 Jan. 1398
31 Jan. 1398
13991There were two Parliaments summoned in 1399. As the first, called to Westminster in Richard II’s name, met on 30 Sept., the day after the King abdicated, it was regarded as a gathering of ‘estates and people’ and used as the instrument of deposition. The other, summoned by Henry IV, met six days later, but with identical Membership.
Westminster 6 Oct. 6 Oct. - 19 Nov. 19 Nov. 1399
1401
Westminster 20 Jan. 20 Jan. - 10 Mar. 10 Mar. 1401
1402
Westminster 30 Sept. 30 Sept. - 25 Nov. 25 Nov. 1402
1404
Westminster 14 Jan. 14 Jan. - 20 Mar. 20 Mar. 1404
1404
Coventry 6 Oct. 6 Oct. - 13 Nov. 13 Nov. 1404
1406
Westminster 1 Mar. 1 Mar. - 3 Apr.
25 Apr. - 19 June
13 Oct. - 22 Dec.
22 Dec. 1406
1407
Gloucester 20 Oct. 20 Oct. - 2 Dec. 2 Dec. 1407
1410
Westminster 27 Jan. 27 Jan. - 15 Mar.
6 Apr. - 9 May
9 May 1410
1411
Westminster 3 Nov. 3 Nov. - 19 Dec. 19 Dec. 1411
1413
Westminster 3 Feb. 3 Feb. - 20 Mar. 20 Mar. 1413
1413
Westminster 14 May 14 May - 9 June 9 June 1413
1414
Leicester 30 Apr. 30 Apr. - 29 May 29 May 1414
1414
Westminster 19 Nov. 19 Nov. - ?7 Dec. ?7 Dec. 1414
1415
Westminster 4 Nov. 4 Nov. - 17 Nov. 17 Nov. 1415
1416
Westminster 16 Mar. 16 Mar. - 8 Apr.
10 May - ?4 June
?4 June 1416
1416
Westminster 19 Oct. 19 Oct. - 18 Nov. 18 Nov. 1416
1417
Westminster 16 Nov. 16 Nov. - 17 Dec. 17 Dec. 1417
1419
Westminster 16 Oct. 16 Oct. - 13 Nov. 13 Nov. 1419
1420
Westminster 2 Dec. 2 Dec. - ?18 Dec. ?18 Dec. 1420
1421
Westminster 2 May 2 May - 23 May 23 May 1421
1421
Westminster 1 Dec. 1 Dec. - 8 Dec.
or later
8/23 Dec. 1421
Notes
  • 1. There were two Parliaments summoned in 1399. As the first, called to Westminster in Richard II’s name, met on 30 Sept., the day after the King abdicated, it was regarded as a gathering of ‘estates and people’ and used as the instrument of deposition. The other, summoned by Henry IV, met six days later, but with identical Membership.