18-472: Sir John Chudleigh (1606 – April 1634) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626. Chudleigh was the eldest son of Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet (d.1656) of Ashton , Devon, (whom he predeceased), and his wife Mary Strode, eldest daughter of Sir William Strode (died 1637), MP, of Newnham, Plympton St Mary , Devon. He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 1 June 1621 aged 15 and
36-452: A divorce from Catherine of Aragon and sitting from 1529 to 1536 made laws affecting all aspects of national life, but especially with regard to religious matters previously reserved to the church. Though acting at the behest and under the direction of the King and his leading minister, Thomas Cromwell , Parliament was acquiring universal legal competence and responsibility for all matters affecting
54-688: The English Civil War , in which the armed forces of Parliament were victorious. In December 1648 the House of Commons was purged by the New Model Army , which was supposed to be subservient to Parliament. Pride's Purge was the only military coup in English history. Subsequently, Charles I was beheaded and the Upper House was abolished. The unicameral Parliament that remained was later referred to by critics as
72-568: The Rump Parliament , as it consisted only of a small selection of Members of Parliament approved by the army – some of whom were soldiers themselves. In 1653, when leading figures in this Parliament began to disagree with the army, it was dissolved by Oliver Cromwell . However, the monarchy and the House of Lords were both restored with the Commons in 1660. The influence of the Crown had been decreased, and
90-528: The civil wars of the late fifteenth century, which significantly diminished the power of the great noblemen. Both houses of Parliament held little power during the ensuing years, and the absolute supremacy of the Sovereign was restored. The domination of the monarch grew further under the House of Tudor in the early sixteenth century as Henry VII grew fiscally independent. The Reformation Parliament , called by Henry VIII after Cardinal Wolsey failed to secure
108-503: The Commons. The others named in this section were spokesmen. Some of them held judicial offices. It is not certain that they presided over the Commons. The date given is that of the first meeting of the Parliament in question. Only Parliaments for which a presiding officer is known or supposed are included in the table. Source: Laundy The Office of Speaker For speakers of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of
126-463: The Crown. In many cases, however, the council demanded the redress of the people's grievances before proceeding to vote on taxation. Thus, it developed legislative powers. The first parliament to invite representatives of the major towns was Montfort's Parliament in 1265. At the " Model Parliament " of 1295, representatives of the boroughs (including towns and cities) were admitted. Thus, it became settled practice that each county send two knights of
144-676: The House of Commons of England This is a list of the speakers of the House of Commons of England , up to 1707. For speakers of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801, see List of speakers of the British House of Commons . Before 1377, the Speaker was referred to by terms such as the parlour and the prolocutor . Some of them presided, and Peter de Montfort and Peter de la Mare were certainly presiding officers of
162-546: The knights and burgesses sitting in the latter. They formed what became known as the House of Commons, while the clergy and nobility became the House of Lords . Although they remained subordinate to both the Crown and the Lords, the Commons did act with increasing boldness. During the Good Parliament of 1376, the Commons appointed Peter de la Mare to convey to the Lords their complaints of heavy taxes, demands for an accounting of
180-452: The realm. When the House of Stuart came to the English throne in 1603, the dependence of the Crown on Parliament for sufficient revenue to fund the operations of government returned as an issue and point of leverage. The first two Stuart monarchs, James I and Charles I , provoked conflicts with the Commons over issues such as taxation, religion, and royal powers. The differences between Charles I and Parliament were great, and resulted in
198-444: The royal expenditures, and criticism of the King's management of the military. The Commons even proceeded to impeach some of the King's ministers. Although Mare was imprisoned for his actions, the benefits of having a single voice to represent the Commons were recognized, and the office which became known as Speaker of the House of Commons was thus created. Mare was soon released after the death of King Edward III and in 1377 became
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#1732845282505216-409: The second speaker of the Commons. During the reign of the next monarch, Richard II , the Commons once again began to impeach errant ministers of the Crown. They began to insist that they could control both taxation and public expenditures. Despite such gains in authority, however, the Commons still remained much less powerful than the Lords and the Crown . The influence of the Crown was increased by
234-400: The shire were in a better position, although less powerful than their noble and clerical counterparts in what was still a unicameral Parliament. The division of the Parliament of England into two houses occurred during the reign of Edward III : in 1341 the Commons met separately from the nobility and clergy for the first time, creating in effect an Upper Chamber and a Lower Chamber, with
252-399: The shire, and that each borough send two burgesses . At first the burgesses were almost entirely powerless, and while the right to representation of each English county quickly became indisputable, the monarch could enfranchise or disfranchise boroughs at pleasure. Any show of independence by burgesses would thus be likely to lead to the exclusion of their towns from Parliament. The knights of
270-412: Was awarded BA in 1624 and MA in 1626. He was knighted at Plymouth as a captain on 28 September 1625. In 1626 he was elected Member of Parliament for East Looe . He was incorporated at Cambridge University in 1629. Chudleigh died at the age of about 28, in his father's lifetime, and his brother George succeeded to the baronetcy . House of Commons of England The House of Commons of England
288-619: Was further diminished after James II was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the Bill of Rights 1689 was enacted. Two European cities, both annexed from and later ceded to the Kingdom of France were represented in the Parliament as borough constituencies while they were English possessions: 51°29′59.6″N 0°07′28.8″W / 51.499889°N 0.124667°W / 51.499889; -0.124667 List of Speakers of
306-465: Was in turn replaced by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom . The Parliament of England developed from the Magnum Concilium that advised the English monarch in medieval times. This royal council, meeting for short periods, included ecclesiastics, noblemen, and representatives of the counties (known as " knights of the shire "). The chief duty of the council was to approve taxes proposed by
324-457: Was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales ) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain after the 1707 Act of Union was passed in both the English and Scottish parliaments at the time. In 1801, with the union of Great Britain and Ireland , that house
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