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English History: House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower of the two houses of Parliament. The following documents provide first-hand accounts of how this institution became an integral part of the English government.

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Some Antecedents of the House of Commons

Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti Abbatis.

Assize of Arms.

Ordinance of the Saladin Tithe.

Form of Proceeding on the Judicial Visitation.

Summons of Juries to St. Albans.

Summons to a Great Council.

Writ for Assembling the County Court Before the Itinerant Justices.

Writ for the Collection of a Carucage.

Distraint of Knighthood.

Writ Summoning Four Knights of the Shire.

Writ Summoning Representatives of Seven Boroughs.

Writ Summoning Two Knights of the Shire.

Writ Summoning Three Knights of the Shire.

Writs Relating to the Assembly of January,