The Fire and Faggot Parliament was an

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held in May 1414 during the reign of Henry V.. It was held in Grey Friars Priory in Leicester, and the

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was Walter Hungerford. It is named for passing the '' Suppression of Heresy Act'', which called for burning the

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with bundles of sticks (" faggots"). The decision was inspired by the 1199 decretal ''Vergentis in senium'' of

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. The Parliament also confirmed Archbishop Arundel's policy of licensing books for publication: The

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received the rights to “

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” for life from this Parliament. This precedent was continued for all Monarchs until the Useless Parliament in 1625 when

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was granted the right for only one year.

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