PARLIAMENTS AND SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The Parliaments:

Henry VII

7 Nov 1485 - 4 Mar 1486
9 Nov 1487 - 18 Dec 1487
13 Jan 1489 - 27 Feb 1490
17 Oct 1491 - 5 Mar 1492
14 Oct 1495 - 21/22 Dec 1495
16 Jan 1497 - 13 Mar 1497
25 Jan 1504 - c l Apr 1504

 Henry VIII

21 Jan 1510 - 23 Feb 1510
4 Feb 1512 - 4 Mar 1514
5 Feb 1515 - 22 Dec 1515
15 Apr 1523 - 13 Aug 1523
3 Nov 1529 - 4 Apr 1536 "The Reformation Parliament"
8 Jun 1536 - 18 Jul 1536
28 Apr 1539 - 24 Jul 1540
16 Jan 1542 - 28 Mar 1544
23 Nov 1545 - 31 Jan 1547
Edward Vl

4 Nov 1547 -15 Apr 1552
1 Mar 1553 - 31 Mar 1553

 Mary I

5 Oct 1553 - 5 Dec 1553
2 Apr 1554 - 5 May 1554
12 Nov 1554 - 16 Jan 1555
21 Oct 1555 - 9 Dec 1555
20 Jan 1558 - 17 Nov 1558

Elizabeth I

23 Jan 1559 - 8 May 1559
11 Jan 1563 - 2 Jan 1567
2 Apr 1571 - 29 May 1571
8 May 1572 - 19 Apr 1583
23 Nov 1584 - 14 Sep 1585
15 Oct 1586 - 23 Mar 1587
4 Feb 1589 - 29 Mar 1589
19 Feb 1593 - 10 Apr 1593
24 Oct 1597 - 9 Feb 1598
27 Oct 1601 - 19 Dec 1601

Speakers:

Date
of
Election		 Speaker  
8 Nov 1485 Sir Thomas Lovell Northamptonshire
10 Nov 1487 Sir John Mordaunt Bedfordshire
14 Jan 1489 Sir Thomas FitzWilliam Yorkshire
18 Oct 1491 Sir Richard Empson Northamptonshire
15 Oct 1495 Sir Robert Drury Suffolk
19 Jan 1497 Sir Thomas Englefield Berkshire
26 Jan 1504 Edmund Dudley Staffordshire
23 Jan 1510 Sir Thomas Englefield Berkshire
5 Feb 1512 Sir Robert Sheffield Lincolnshire
6 Feb 1515 Sir Thomas Neville Kent
16 Apr 1523 Sir Thomas More Middlesex
5 Nov 1529 Sir Thomas Audley Essex
9 Feb 1533 Sir Humphrey Wingfield Great Yarmouth
9 Jan 1536 Sir Richard Rich Colchester
28 Apr 1539 Sir Nicholas Hare Norfolk
19 Jan 1542 Sir Thomas Moyle Kent
4 Nov 1547 Sir John Baker Huntingdonshire
2 Mar 1553 Sir James Dyer Cambridgeshire
5 Oct 1553 Sir John Pollard Oxfordshire
2 Apr 1554 Sir Robert Brooke City of London
12 Nov 1554 Sir Clement Higham West Looe
21 Oct 1555 Sir John Pollard Chippenham
20 Jan 1558 Sir William Cordell Suffolk
25 Jan 1559 Sir Thomas Gargrave Yorkshire
12 Jan 1563 Thomas Williams Exeter
1 Oct 1566 Richard Onslow Steyning
2 Apr 1571 Sir Christopher Wray Lugershall
8 May 1572 Sir Robert Bell Lyme Regis
18 Jan 1581 Sir John Popham Bristol
23 Nov 1584 Sir John Puckering Carmarthen
29 Oct 1586 Sir John Puckering Gatton
4 Feb 1589 Thomas Snagge Bedford
19 Feb 1593 Sir Edward Coke Norfolk
24 Oct 1597 Sir Christopher Yelverton Northamptonshire
27 Oct 1601 Sir John Croke City of London
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