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Model Parliament

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Model Parliament: see Parliament Parliament, legislative assembly of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Over the centuries it has become more than a legislative body; it is the sovereign power of Great Britain, whereas the monarch remains sovereign in name only.
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The first Parliament is often considered to be the Model Parliament in 1295, which included church leaders, earls, barons, and representatives of the shires and boroughs.
LANCASHIRE Day - November 27 - commemorates the date in 1295 when the first elected representatives from Lancashire were summoned to Westminster by King Edward I to join his Model Parliament.
Among these are: the Model Parliament of Edward I (1295); Henry VIII's Reformation Parliament (152936); the overthrow and execution of Charles I in the English Civil War (1642-49); the English Bill of Rights (1689); The Great Reform Bill of 1832.
 
 
 
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