King Edward I's model parliament
by, Ty Miller
The model parliament was the phrase used for King Edward I's 1295 parliament. A parliament is an assembly of representatives from various countries
and boroughs. All the counties returned two knights, two burgessess and two resident from every city. This group was later known as a parliament. In 1265 a similar parliament had been made called De Montfort's parliament. That parliament had been called by Simon De Montfort in the middle of The Second Baron's war against Henry III of England. He said that the same scheme should be used by the king. So King Edward's parliament was one of the first. On November 13, 1295 King Edward called his parliament. There primary role was to raise taxes so King Edward could raise the funds for his wars. King Edward's parliament was important because it was used by the king and was his own government with represenetives from all over the country.
This parliament was important because it was one of the first parliaments ever used. It was used by King Edward who's main goal was to raise money by making more taxes so he could raise the funds for his wars. Why it was named the model parliament was that since this was one of the first parliaments it set a model for many new parliaments to come in the future. The parliament used thirty years earlier was not as much of a sucess as King Edward's parliament because Simon De Montfort called De Montfort's parliament and said that the same scheme would be used for the king. Since that parliament did not stay under the same king, King Edward's parliament was always known as the model parliament.
King Edward with his parliament
Resourses:
model parliament. www.answers.com/topic/model-parliment
parliament of England. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Parliament
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