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Appendix I: Dates of Parliaments

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Year	Date for which summoned	Dates of sessions	Date of dissolution
1510	21 Jan. 1510	21 Jan. 1510-23 Feb. 1510	23 Feb. 1510
1512	4 Feb. 1512	4 Feb. 1512-30 Mar. 1512 4 Nov. 1512-20 Dec. 1512 23 Jan. 1514-4 Mar. 1514	4 Mar. 1514
1515	5 Feb. 1515	5 Feb. 1515-5 Apr. 1515 12 Nov. 1515-22 Dec. 1515	22 Dec. 1515
1523	15 Apr. 15231	15 Apr. 1523-21 May 1523 10 June 1523-29 July 1523 31 July 1523-13 Aug. 1523	13 Aug. 1523
1529	3 Nov. 15292	4 Nov. 1529-17 Dec. 1529 16 Jan. 1531-31 Mar. 1531 15 Jan. 1532-28 Mar. 1532 10 Apr. 1532-14 May 1532 4 Feb. 1533-7 Apr. 1533 15 Jan. 1534-30 Mar. 1534 3 Nov. 1534-18 Dec. 1534 4 Feb. 1536-14 Apr. 1536	14 Apr. 1536
1536	8 June 1536	8 June 1536-18 July 1536	18 July 1536
1539	28 Apr. 1539	28 Apr. 1539-23 May 1539 30 May 1539-28 June 1539 12 Apr. 1540-24 July 1540	24 Juy 1540
1542	16 Jan. 1542	16 Jan. 1542-1 Apr. 1542 22 Jan.-12 May 1543 14 Jan. 1544-28 Mar. 1544	28 Mar. 1544
1545	30 Jan. 15453	23 Nov. 1545-24 Dec. 1545 14 Jan. 1547-31 Jan. 1547	Dissolved by King’s death
1547	4 Nov. 1547	4 Nov. 1547-24 Dec. 1547 24 Nov. 1548-14 Mar. 1549 4 Nov. 1549-1 Feb. 1550 23 Jan. 1552-15 Apr. 1552	15 Apr. 1552
1553	1 Mar. 1553	1 Mar. 1553-31 Mar. 1553	31 Mar. 1553
1553	5 Oct. 1553	5 Oct. 1553-21 Oct. 1553 24 Oct. 1553-6 Dec. 1553	6 Dec. 1553
1554	2 Apr. 15544	2 Apr. 1554-5 May 1554	5 May 1554
1554	12 Nov. 1554	12 Nov. 1554-16 Jan. 1555	16 Jan. 1555
1555	21 Oct. 1555	21 Oct. 1555-9 Dec. 1555	9 Dec. 1555
1558	20 Jan. 1558	20 Jan. 1558-7 Mar. 1558 5 Nov. 1558-17 Nov. 1558	Dissolved by Queen’s death

1. At Blackfriars.
2. At Blackfriars: prorogued to Westminster for 4 Nov.
3. Prorogued to 15 Oct., then to 23 Nov. at Windsor, but meeting place later changed to Westminster.
4. At Oxford, but altered to Westminster.