Third Protectorate Parliament

17th-century English parliament Third Protectorate Parliament ← 1656 December 1658 – January 1659 1660 → Members elected →All 567 seats of the House of Commons 284 seats were needed for a majority First party Second party Leader John Thurloe Harry Vane Party Protectorate Faction Commonwealthsmen Leader's seat Cambridge University Whitchurch Popular vote - - Percentage - - Parliaments of England Predecessors Witenagemot 7th – 11th centuries Curia regis 1066 – c. 1215 Henry III 1st 1237 2nd 1242 3rd 1244 4th 1246 3rd 1247 4th 1248 Unnumbered 1251 5th 1252 6th 1253 7th 1254 8th 1255 9th 1255 10th 1258 11th 1258 12th 1258 13th "Oxford/Mad" 1258 14th 1259 15th 1259 16th 1259 17th 1260 18th 1260 19th 1260 20th 1261 21st 1262 22nd 1262 23rd 1263 24th 1263 25th 1264 26th "Simon de Montfort" 1265 27th 1265 28th 1265 29th 1266 30th 1267 31st 1267 32nd 1268 33rd 1268 34th 1268 35th 1269 36th 1269 37th 1270 38th 1272 Edward I "Model" 1295 Edward II "Westminster" 1327 Edward III "Good" 1376 "Bad" 1377 Richard II "Wonderful" 1386 "Merciless" 1388 Henry IV "Convention" 1399 "Unlearned" 1404 Henry V "Fire and Faggot" 1414 Henry VI "Bats" 1426 "Devils" 1459 Edward IV Richard III Henry V