The 8th Parliament of Queen Elizabeth I was summoned by
Queen Elizabeth I of England on 4 January 1593 and assembled on 19 February following. At the state opening of Parliament the
Lord Keeper Sir John Puckering
Sir John Puckering (1544 – 30 April 1596) was a lawyer and politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal from 1592 until his death.
Origins
He was born in 1544 in Flamborough, East Riding of Yor ...
informed the house that the reasons for summoning the Parliament were the threat of Spanish invasion and the Queen's "extraordinarye and most excessive expenses".
Edward Coke
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
, the
Solicitor-general and
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MP) for
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
, was appointed speaker of the commons.
On 24 January
Peter Wentworth
Sir Peter Wentworth (1529–1596) was a prominent Puritan leader in the Parliament of England. He was the elder brother of Paul Wentworth and entered as member for Barnstaple in 1571. He later sat for the Cornish borough of Tregony in 1578 and ...
, the MP for
Northampton
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, sought leave to present a bill for "intayling (restricting) the (royal) succession", for which he was sent to the
Tower of London
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and four other colluding MPs locked in the
Fleet Prison for the duration of the session.
James Morice
James Morice (1539–1597) was an English politician.
He was born 1539, the eldest son of William Morice of Chipping Ongar by Anne Isaac of Kent and educated at the Middle Temple.
He was chosen as the Member of Parliament for Wareham in 1563. ...
, the MP for
Colchester
Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian.
Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches ...
, wanted to introduce two bills to restrict the jurisdiction of the bishops, but the Queen was highly offended and ordered Parliament not to get involved in ecclesiastical affairs. Morice was put under house arrest for the duration of the Parliament.
After a great deal of debate on the issue of raising money to deal with the threat of invasion a compromise was eventually reached on a subsidy. Two other bills were passed restricting the rights and freedoms of Catholics. In total 14 public and 13 private statutes received the royal assent.
The Parliament was dissolved on 10 April 1593.
Notable Acts of the Parliament
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Religion Act 1592
The Religion Act 1592 (35 Eliz. I, c. 1) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act imprisoned without bail those over the age of sixteen who failed to attend Church; persuaded others to do the same; denied Queen Elizabeth I's authority in r ...
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Popish Recusants Act 1592
See also
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Acts of the 8th Parliament of Elizabeth I
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List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1593
This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the 8th Parliament of Elizabeth I of England in 1593, the 35th year of her reign. The speaker was Edward Coke, the Solicitor-general and Member of Parliament (MP) for Norfolk.
The Parl ...
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List of parliaments of England
This is a list of parliaments of England from the reign of King Henry III, when the '' Curia Regis'' developed into a body known as Parliament, until the creation of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1707.
For later parliaments, see the List ...
References
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* Keeper, Lord, and J. E. Neale. "The Lord Keeper's Speech to the Parliament of 1592/3." ''The English Historical Review'' 31, no. 121 (1916): 128–37.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/550707.
1593 establishments in England
1593 in politics
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