...; of all tlic earls and greater barons, with the judges and all the members of the king's council, two knights from each county, two citizens from each city, and two burgesses from each burgh. Under the two first Edwards, these general parliaments were called only when they intended to...

...diocese; of all the earls and greater barons, wich the judges and all the members of the king's council, two knights from each county, two citizens from each city, and two burgesses from each burgh. Under the two first Edwards, these general parliaments were called only when they intended to...

...greater barons, «ith the judges, and all the members of the king's council both of the clergy and laity, two knights from each county, two citizens from each city, and two burgesses from each burgh. The first parliament in this reign, which met at Northampton, October 13, 1307, was constituted...

...inferior clergy, forming the lower house of the ecclesiastical convocation; and there were, moreover, two knights from each county, two citizens from each city, and two burgesses from each borough. Lastly, the writs of convocation for the Parliament held at Westminster on the 24th of July, 1302,...

...their representativos, consisting, by immemorial usage, of two knights from each county, two citizeus from each city, and two burgesses from each borough....importance. At the beginning of this period there can bo no ques•tion that the House of Commons did represent tlie 'people of England, and continued to...

...clergy of each diocese ; and of earls, barons, knights, judges, the members of the king's council, two knights from each county, two citizens from each city, and two burgesses from each borough. This certainly came nearer to a popular representation than had been previously known. The meeting...

...the lay and spiritual baronage, writs were issued to the sheriffs ordering the election and return of two knights from each county, two citizens from each city, and two burgesses from each borough, 'ad faciendum quod tune de communi consilio ordinabitur in praemissis.' But together with the knights...

...legislation and controlled the administration. In addition to the Lords there were summoned to this Assembly two knights from each county, two citizens from each city, and two burgesses from each borough within the kingdom. The writs for this Parliament have been preserved, and they show that ample legislative...

...boroughs, as well as from the shires, were summoned simultaneously for the first time. Two knights for each county, two citizens from each city, and two burgesses from each borough, were summoned on this occasion. At another Parliament held at Westminster in 1 8 Edward I., the sheriffs...

...Parliament of England ; for he not o. ly called together the barons, prelates, and abbots, but also summoned two knights from each county, two citizens from each city, and two burgesses from each borough. Thus was the democratic element — the foundation of the House of Commons — first introduced ; and,...