APPENDIX. (A.) THE PARLIAMENTS OF ENGLAND AND OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. The following list is from Returns compiled by order of the House of Commons, and published in 1879–80 :— *This official return preserves the theory that Charles II. began to reign on his father's decease. + With this Parliament the Scottish was amalgamated, the first Parliament of Great Britain meeting Oct. 23, 1707. The first Imperial Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was opened Jan. 22, 1801. (B.) SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The following list, down to the reign of Charles I., is on the authority of Hakewel's collection from the records and Journals of Parliament (1671). The subsequent names are chiefly from Dod's "Manual of Dignities." The dates, as compared with the regnal years, are supplied throughout from Sir Harris Nicolas's "Chronology of History." Reelections are not specified, unless another individual had succeeded to the chair for a time : : SPEAKERS. Peter de Montfort ... William Trussel Sir Peter de la Mare Sir Thomas Hungerford* REIGNS. 44 Henry III. 6 Edward III. 13 Edward III. 49 Edward III. 51 Edward III. 1 Richard II. 2 Richard II. 3 Richard II. 5 Richard II. Sir Peter de la Mare Sir John Bushey Sir John Cheyney... John Dorwood Sir Arnold Savage Sir Arnold Savage 6 Henry IV. *The first to receive the title of Speaker, although others had in a measure performed the office before. Sir John Popham... William Tresham... Sir William Oldham Thomas Thorp Sir Thomas Charlton Sir John Wenlock Thomas Tresham John Green ... 29 Henry VI. 31 Henry VI. 31 Henry VI. ... Sir James Strangwaies John Say William Allington John Wood 1435 1436 1438 1439 ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 Henry VI. 38 Henry VI. 39 Henry VI. 1 Edward IV. 7 Edward IV. 12 Edward IV. 22 Edward IV. 1 Richard III. 1 Henry VII. 3 Henry VII. 4 Henry VII. 7 Henry VII. 11 Henry VII. 11 Henry VII. 12 Henry VII. 19 Henry VII. 1 Henry VIII. 3 Henry VIII. 6 Henry VIII. 14 Henry VIII. 21 Henry VIII. 28 Henry VIII. 31 Henry VIII. 34 Henry VIII. 1 Edward VI. 7 Edward VI. 1 Mary. 1 P. and M. 2 P. and M. 5 P. and M. 1 Elizabeth. ... Sir Nicholas Hare Thomas Moyle Sir John Baker ... |