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Among the earliest of the privileges claimed by the Lords and Commons in Parliament was protection from arrest and imprisonment. The earliest known example of a Member of the Commons claiming immunity dates from 1340. From the early fifteenth century there were attempts by the Commons to have the...
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The second of our articles for Parliament Week, 2012. Dr Linda Clark discusses the 'Parliament of Devils' called on this day in 1459 during the Wars of the Roses.
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The early history of parliamentary elections is obscure. Their form is clear – they were conducted by the sheriffs and held in the county court – but there certainty ends. In so far as any picture can be developed, it is one of an electoral process dominated by the leading...
