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| Keywords: Medieval Parliament of England.png Image source http //www churchill-society-london org uk/StGeorge html Source says Middle ages parliament Same image here http //www 360degrees org/timeline/era1/era1_b html which says The English Parliament Meets before Edward by Anonymous c 1327 this puts the King as Edward III who would have been about 15 at the time Same image not in colour is here http //www bbc co uk/history/timelines/britain/mid_fr_gascony shtml which says image is Edward in front of parliament in 1295 This would have been Edward I who would have been about 58 According to J Cannon and R Griffiths The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy Oxford 1988 p 193 the image depicts Edward I presiding over parliament in c 1278 Edward is flanked by Alexander III of Scotland and Llywelyn the Last of Wales although they probably did not attend any of Edward's parliaments The closed crown indicates that this is not a contemporary illustration and indeed it can be found in the Garter Book written and illustrated for Sir Thomas Wriothesley in c 1524 The lords spiritual are seated to the king's right the lords temporal to his left and in the centre sit the justices and law officers No commons are present at this session PD-Art Parliament of the United Kingdom Medieval diagrams Wriothesley Garter book Artworks missing infobox template | ||||
