House of Commons of England

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chamber of the Parliament of England historical legislative body lower house of parliament

The House of Commons of England was the lower chamber of the English Parliament, representing the common people and playing a central role in the development of constitutional government and the limitation of royal power.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
House of Commons of England canonical 52
House of Commons 7
English House of Commons 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of the Parliament of England ⓘ
historical legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
associatedWithLegalInstrument English Bill of Rights ⓘ
surface form: Bill of Rights 1689
composition burgesses ⓘ
citizens of cities ⓘ
knights of the shire ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
developedFrom Magnum Concilium ⓘ
Parliament of England ⓘ
surface form: medieval English Parliament
dissolvedAsConsequenceOf Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1707 ⓘ
electoralSystem indirect and restricted franchise ⓘ
establishedIn 13th century ⓘ
followedBy House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
governingDocument various royal writs and statutes ⓘ
hasParliamentaryChamberAbove House of Lords ⓘ
hasRole check on royal power ⓘ
forum for political debate ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
originator of money bills ⓘ
taxation authority ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern period ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor English realm ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

City of Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster
meetsIn Palace of Westminster ⓘ
partOf Parliament of England ⓘ
playedCentralRoleIn development of constitutional government in England ⓘ
evolution of parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
limitation of royal prerogative ⓘ
precededBy Parliamentary representation of shires and boroughs in medieval English councils ⓘ
represents common people of England ⓘ
commons ⓘ
significantEvent English Civil War ⓘ
Glorious Revolution ⓘ
Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ
surface form: Long Parliament

Pride's Purge ⓘ
Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 ⓘ
Rump Parliament ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation territorial representation by counties and boroughs ⓘ
votingRightsCharacter property-based franchise ⓘ

Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Petition of Right 1628 → draftedBy → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Long Parliament 1640 → chamber → House of Commons of England ⓘ
subject surface form: Long Parliament
Short Parliament 1640 → house → House of Commons of England ⓘ
subject surface form: Short Parliament
Parliament of England → hasPart → House of Commons of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
New Model Ordinance → chamberInvolved → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Pride's Purge → participant → House of Commons of England ⓘ
House of Commons of Great Britain → replaces → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Sir Thomas Littleton → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Sidney → parliamentaryBody → House of Commons of England ⓘ
subject surface form: Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
Sir Thomas Clifford → parliamentaryBody → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Act against Dissolution without Consent of Parliament → involvesInstitution → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Grand Remonstrance → draftedBy → House of Commons of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: English House of Commons
Rump Parliament → meetsIn → House of Commons of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Admiral Edward Russell → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford
Charles I and the House of Commons → hasPart → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Parliament of 1629 → legislativeBody → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Coronation of James II → participant → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Model Parliament of 1295 → hasPart → House of Commons of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
knights of the shire → legislativeBody → House of Commons of England ⓘ
subject surface form: Knights of the shire
Exclusion Crisis → supporter → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Old Sarum → representedIn → House of Commons of England ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)
Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: English House of Commons
New Model Army Ordinance → passedBy → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Convention Parliament → chamber → House of Commons of England ⓘ
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham → parliamentaryConflict → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Convention Parliament of 1660 → hasPart → House of Commons of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Cavalier Parliament → chamberIncludes → House of Commons of England ⓘ
St Stephen's Chapel → usedBy → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Convention Parliament of 1689 → hasPart → House of Commons of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
St Mawes → representedIn → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Lord Lansdowne → parliamentaryAffiliation → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Wilton → representedIn → House of Commons of England ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilton (UK Parliament constituency)
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath → parliamentaryTerm → House of Commons of England ⓘ
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
William Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Tudor court → associatedWith → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Lord Somers → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Sir Edwin Sandys → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Act abolishing the House of Lords → chamberOfOrigin → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford → memberOf → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Magnum Concilium → influenced → House of Commons of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons of the Parliament of England
Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament → addressee → House of Commons of England ⓘ
Parliament of 1628 → legislativeBody → House of Commons of England ⓘ