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This table lists the Parliaments that have been held away from Westminster.
Monarch |
Date from |
Date to (where known) |
Location |
John |
1213 |
Oxford |
|
Henry III |
1226 |
Lincoln |
|
Henry III |
1261 |
Windsor |
|
Henry III |
1264 |
1265 |
London |
Edward I |
1282 |
1283 |
Northampton |
Edward I |
1283 |
Shrewsbury |
|
Edward I |
1296 |
Bury St. Edmunds |
|
Edward I |
1297 |
London |
|
Edward I |
1298 |
York |
|
Edward I |
1299 |
1300 |
London |
Edward I |
1300 |
York |
|
Edward I |
1300 |
1301 |
Lincoln |
Edward I |
1302 |
London |
|
Edward I |
1306 |
1307 |
Carlisle |
Edward I |
1307 |
Northampton |
|
Edward II |
1311 |
London |
|
Edward II |
1312 |
Lincoln |
|
Edward II |
1314 |
York |
|
Edward II |
1315 |
1316 |
Lincoln |
Edward II |
1316 |
Lincoln |
|
Edward II |
1318 |
Lincoln |
|
Edward II |
1318 |
York |
|
Edward II |
1319 |
York |
|
Edward II |
1322 |
Ripon |
|
Edward II |
1322 |
York |
|
Edward II |
1324 |
Salisbury |
|
Edward II |
1327 |
Lincoln |
|
Edward III |
1327 |
1328 |
York |
Edward III |
1328 |
Northampton |
|
Edward III |
1328 |
York |
|
Edward III |
1328 |
Salisbury |
|
Edward III |
1329 |
1330 |
Winchester |
Edward III |
1333 |
1334 |
York |
Edward III |
1335 |
London |
|
Edward III |
1335 |
York |
|
Edward III |
1335 |
Nottingham |
|
Edward III |
1336 |
Nottingham |
|
Edward III |
1336 |
London |
|
Edward III |
1336 |
York |
|
Edward III |
1337 |
Stamford |
|
Edward III |
1338 |
Northampton |
|
Edward III |
1371 |
Winchester |
|
Richard II |
1378 |
Gloucester |
|
Richard II |
1380 |
Northampton |
|
Richard II |
1384 |
Salisbury |
|
Richard II |
1388 |
Cambridge |
|
Richard II |
1393 |
Winchester |
|
Richard II |
1397 |
1398 |
Shrewsbury |
Henry IV |
1400 |
York |
|
Henry IV |
1403 |
Coventry |
|
Henry IV |
1404 |
Coventry |
|
Henry IV |
1405 |
1406 |
Coventry |
Henry IV |
1407 |
Gloucester |
|
Henry IV |
1413 |
1414 |
Leicester |
Henry VI |
1425 |
1426 |
Leicester |
Henry VI |
1436 |
1437 |
Cambridge |
Henry VI |
1446 |
1447 |
Cambridge |
Henry VI |
1446 |
1447 |
Bury St Edmunds |
Henry VI |
1452 |
1453 |
Reading |
Henry VI |
1459 |
Coventry |
|
Henry VIII |
1523 |
Blackfriars |
|
Henry VIII |
1529 |
London |
|
Henry VIII |
1529 |
1536 |
Blackfriars |
Mary I |
1554 |
Oxford |
|
Charles II |
1661 |
1681 |
Oxford |
Details taken from Returns of Parliament Part I: 1213–1702, ordered to be printed 1 March 1878, HC 69.
Reigning monarch taken from The Penguin Dictionary of British History, ed Juliet Gardiner, Penguin, 2000.
Extensive further details may also be found in the Royal Historical Society’s Handbook of British Chronology, ed. E.B. Fryde, third edition reprinted by Cambridge University Press 1996, pages 525–581.
With thanks to Robert Harrison in the House of Lords Journal Office for his kind advice and assistance in the compilation of this list.
This series of publications contains data on various subjects relating to Parliament and Government. Topics include legislation, MPs, select committees, debates, divisions and Parliamentary procedure.
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