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List of acts of the Parliament of England, 1422–1460

This is a list of acts of the Parliament of England for the years 1411 until 1460.

For acts passed during the period 1707–1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland and the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland.

For acts passed from 1801 onwards, see the list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

For medieval statutes, etc. that are not considered to be acts of Parliament, see the list of English statutes.

The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3".

Acts passed by the Parliament of England did not have a short title; however, some of these acts have subsequently been given a short title by acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (such as the Short Titles Act 1896).

Acts passed by the Parliament of England were deemed to have come into effect on the first day of the session in which they were passed. Because of this, the years given in the list below may in fact be the year before a particular Act was passed.

1422 (1 Hen. 6)

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The 1st Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 9 November 1422 until 18 December 1422.

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  1. ^ Exchanges Act 1421 (9 Hen. 5 Stat. 2. c. 9)

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  • Chronological Table of and Index to the Statutes. Vol. 1: To the End of the Session 59 Vict. Sess. 2 (1895) (13th ed.). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1896. p. 35 – via Google Books.
  • Chronological Table of the Statutes: Covering the Period from 1235 to the End of 1971. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-11-840096-1 – via Google Books.

1423 (2 Hen. 6)

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The 2nd Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 20 October 1423 until 28 February 1424.

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3 Hen. 6

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The 3rd Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 30 April 1425 until 14 July 1425.

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4 Hen. 6

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The 4th Parliament of King Henry VI (the 'Parliament of Bats'), which met at Leicester from 18 February 1426 until 1 June 1426.

  • (Sheriffs) c. 1 Every sheriff shall return such writs as be directed to him at such days as they be returnable, and shall warn those jurors which be impannelled. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Continuance of Statutes) c. 2 A rehearsal and confirmation of the statute of 9 Hen. V. c. 3.[a] touching protections granted to those who were in the wars in Normandy or France. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Amendment) c. 3 Justices in certain cases may amend their records according to former statutes. — repealed by Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1883
  • (Writs) c. 4 The writs, suits, and processes now depending of certain that were late made knights, shall not abate for that cause. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
  • (Corn) c. 5 Licence given to all the King's subjects to transport corn. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863

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  1. ^ Assizes Protection, etc. Act 1421 (9 Hen. 5 Stat. 1. c. 3)

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1427 (6 Hen. 6)

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The 5th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 13 October 1427 until 25 March 1428.

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1429 (8 Hen. 6)

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The 6th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 22 September 1429 until 23 February 1430.

  • Privileges of Clergy Act 1492 c. 1 The clergy of the convocation shall have such liberty as the great men and commonalty which come to the parliament. — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52)
  • Trade with Denmark Act 1429[2] c. 2 No merchants of England shall enter into the dominion of the King of Denmark, but at Northbarn. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • (Commissioners of Sewers) c. 3 Commissioners of sewers may execute their own ordinance. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Liveries) c. 4 None shall buy nor wear a livery to have maintenance in any quarrel. — repealed for England and Wales by Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1627 (3 Cha. 1. c. 5)
  • Weights, etc. Act 1429 c. 5 Every city and borough shall have a common balance and weight. Who may buy wool and yarn. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • Treason Act 1429 c. 6 If any threaten by casting of bills to burn a house, if money be not laid in a certain place; and after do burn the house: Such burning of houses shall be adjudged high treason. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • Electors of Knights of the Shires Act 1429,[3] or the Forty Shilling Freeholder Act 1430 c. 7 What Sort of Men shall be Choosers, and who shall be chosen Knights of the Parliament. — repealed by Representation of the People Act 1918
  • (Labourers) c. 8 The statute of 6 Hen. VI. c. 3.[a] confirmed, touching the wages of labourers, servants, artificers, and workmen. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • Forcible Entry Act 1429[4][5] c. 9 The duty of justices of the peace where land is entered upon or detained with force. — repealed by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45)
  • (Malicious Indictments, etc.) c. 10 Process awarded against those which dwelling in foreign counties be indicted or appealed. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Apprenticeship) c. 11 The citizens of London may take apprentices according to their ancient customs. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • Amendment Act 1429[6] c. 12 No Judgement or Record shall be reversed for any Writ, Process, &c. rased. What Defects in Records may be amended by the Judges, and what not. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6)
  • (Protections) c. 13 There shall not be excepted in the protections of those that shall go with the King into France, assise of Novel Disseisin. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Murders, etc.) c. 14 Riotous persons committing of felonies, and then fleeing into secret places. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • Amendment (No. 2) Act 1429 c. 15 The justices may in certain cases amend defaults in records. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6)
  • Inquests by Escheators, etc. Act 1429[7] c. 16 By what persons escheators shall find an office, and in what time he shall certify it. A patent made of lands seised upon an inquest. — repealed by the Escheat (Procedure) Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 53)
  • (The staple) c. 17 Wools, fells, &c. shipped out of England, Wales, or Ireland, for any place but Calais, shall be forfeited by the double, except by merchants of Genoa, Venice, &c. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • (The staple) c. 18 Certain ordinances made for the prices of merchandises, and maintenance of the town and mint at Calais. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • (Exportation) c. 19 If a mariner shall receive into his ship any merchandises, or carry them to any other place than to the staple at Calais, the goods and ship shall be forfeited. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • Trade with Calais Act 1429 c. 20 No merchants of Calais shall buy beyond the sea any merchandise of the staple. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • (Exportation) c. 21 A repeal of all licences granted to men of Newcastle and Berwick, to carry merchandises to other places than to Calais. The penalty for carrying of merchandises of the staple into Scotland. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • (Wool) c. 22 What is requisite to be done in winding and packing of wool. None shall force, clack, or beard any wool. — repealed by Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 64)
  • (Exportation) No thrums of woolen yarn shall be carried out of the realm. c. 23 — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • Trade with Aliens Act 1429 c. 24 None shall pay merchants aliens in gold, but in silver, Merchandise shall not be sold to an alien but for present payment. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • (Staple) c. 25 The mayor of the staple of Calais shall continue two years in his office. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • Franchises Act 1429[8] c. 26 The penalty if in any action the defendant make default to put the lords, mayors, &c. from their jurisdiction. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Robberies on the Severn) c. 27 A remedy for the inhabitants of Tewksbury in the county of Gloucester, against the commonality of the forest of Dean, &c. to prevent future robberies and injuries in the navigation on the Severn. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Ruffhead c. 28)[b][c] There shall be a bridge made over the water of Burford, and another over the water of Culhamford, in the county of Oxford.
  • (Inquests) c. 29 An inquest shall be De medietate lingæu, where an alien is party.— repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)

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  1. ^ 6 Hen. 6. c. 3
  2. ^ "There is no c. 28 in the Statutes of the Realm; see note there, vol. 2 p. 261"[9]
  3. ^ "In the Old Printed Translations of the Statutes a Chapter is inserted, numbered XXVIII, respecting the Roads and Bridges at Burford and Culhamford in Oxfordshire; No such Chapter is inserted in the Old Printed French Copies; It appears to be in Effect the same as Chapter XI of the Statute 9 Hen. V. Stat. 2 which see, and the Note there."[10]

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1430 (9 Hen. 6)

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The 7th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 12 January 1431 until 20 March 1431.

  • (Northampton, highways and streets) Rot. Parl. vol. iv p. 373[c] An Act for Paving and Repairing certain Highways and Streets within the Town of Northampton. — repealed by Northampton Act 1988 (c. xxix)

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  1. ^ Trade with Aliens Act 1429 (8 Hen. 6. c. 24)
  2. ^ 3 Hen. 5. c. 2
  3. ^ This act is not listed in the Chronological Table of the Statutes.

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1432 (10 Hen. 6)

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The 8th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 12 May 1432 until 17 July 1432.

  • (Staple) c. 1 Recognisances taken before the mayor, &c. of Calais, shall be effectual in England. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • Electors of Knights of the Shire Act 1432[13] c. 2 Certain things required in him who shall be a chooser of the knights of the parliament. — repealed by Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 64)
  • (Letters of Request) c. 3 A letter of request shall be granted by the keeper of the privy seal to any of the King's subjects, from whom goods shall be taken by the subjects of Denmark. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Appearance of Plaintiffs) c. 4 The penalty of him that maketh a false entry, that the plaintiff doth offer himself in person, where his doth not. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Calais Beacons, etc.) c. 5 A rehearsal of the statute of 21 R. II. c. 18.[a] touching the maintenance of certain places about Calais. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (8 Hen. 6. c. 10 (indictments) confirmed) c. 6 What process shall be awarded upon an indictment removed into the King's bench. — repealed by Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938 (1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 63)
  • (Exportation) c. 7 All wools and woolfells that shall be carried to any other place than to Calais, shall be forfeited to the King and the finder. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)

10 Hen. 6 Stat. 2

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  1. ^ 21 Ric. 2. c. 18

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1433 (11 Hen. 6)

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The 9th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 8 July 1433.

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  1. ^ 9 Hen. 6. c. 7
  2. ^ 8 Hen. 6. c. 18

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1435 (14 Hen. 6)

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The 10th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 10 October 1435 until 23 December 1435.

  • (Judgment in Treason and Felony) c. 1 Justices of Nisi prius may give judgement of a man attainted or acquitted of felony. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950
  • (Staple) c. 2 Wools and fells shall not be exported but to Calais. Special exceptions in favour of the King, and his council, and the merchants of Venice, Genoa, &c. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • (Cumberland Assizes) c. 3 Where the justices of assise of Cumberland shall hold their sessions. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62)
  • (Middlesex Sessions) c. 4 The justices of the peace of Middlesex may keep their sessions but twice in the year. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Exportation) c. 5 Merchandises of the staple shipped in creeks shall be forfeited to the King, &c. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • (Alien Merchants) c. 6 None shall disturb an alien that bringeth in victuals to sell in gross, or by retail. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • Alien Goods Act 1435[15] c. 7 Merchandises taken in Ships of the King's Enemies, though belonging to Foreigners in Amity with the King, shall not be restored. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • Safe Conducts Act 1435 c. 8 The statute of 2. Hen. V. stat. 1. cap. 6.[a] touching breakers of truce, suspended. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)

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1436 (15 Hen. 6)

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The 11th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 21 January 1437 until 27 March 1437.

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1439 (18 Hen. 6)

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The 12th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 12 November 1439.

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1442 (20 Hen. 6)

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The 13th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 25 January 1442 until 27 March 1442.

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  1. ^ Outlawries Act 1421 (9 Hen. 5 Stat. 1. c. 2)
  2. ^ 15 Hen. 6. c. 2
  3. ^ Safe Conducts Act 1414 (2 Hen. 5. Stat. 1. c. 6)

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1444 (23 Hen. 6)

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The 14th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 25 February 1445 until 9 April 1445.

  • (Purveyance) c. 1 In what case the King's purveyors, who are by the last precedent chapter to be termed buyers, may be resisted. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Exportation) c. 2 Whoever shall pack or ship thrums or threads to pass beyond the seas, during the three years next coming, shall forfeit the same, or the value. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • (Worsteds) c. 3 Four wardens of worsted weavers shall be chosen yearly during the three years next coming, within the city of Norwich, and other four within the county of Norfolk, which shall set down orders for the true making of worsteds within Norwich and Norfolk, and Suffolk. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Welshmen) c. 4 Welchmen indicted of treason or felony, that do repair into Herefordshire, shall be apprehended and imprisoned, or else pursued by hue and cry, and a forfeiture of those which do not pursue them. — repealed by Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 64)
  • (Exportation) c. 5 A rehearsal of the statute of 15 Hen. 6. c. 2.[a] touching licence to transport corn, when wheat doth not exceed vi. s. viii. d. the quarter, and barley iii. s. iv. d. and the same statute made perpertual. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Sheriffs of Northumberland) c. 6 The gathering of head-pence by the sheriff of Northumberland shall cease. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Sheriffs (Tenure of Office)) c. 7 No man shall be sheriff, under-sheriff, &c. above a year. — repealed by Sheriffs Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 55)
  • (Commissions of Sewers) c. 8 The Chancellor of England may grant commissions of sewers during fifteen years. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • Sheriffs and Bailiffs, Fees, etc. Act 1444[20] c. 9 No Sheriff shall let to farm his County or any Bailiwick. The Sheriffs and Bailiffs Fees and Duties in several Cases. — repealed by Sheriffs Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 55)
  • Wages of Knights of the Shire Act 1444[21] c. 10 The Order of levying the Wages of the Knights of the Parliament. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Foreign Pleas) c. 11 The trial shall be made when the tenant or defendant, after an issue joined, pleadeth a foreign plea, where the same writ is brought, and by the jury so returned. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Labourers) c. 12 A servant in husbandry purporting to depart from his master must give him half a year's warning, or else shall serve him the year following. The several wages of servants in husbandry, and of labourers, with meat and drink, and without. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • (Purveyance) c. 13 The penalty of a subject's taker, taking any thing without the owner's consent. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)
  • Parliamentary Elections Act 1444[22] c. 14 Who shall be Knights for the Parliament. The Manner of their Election. The Remedy where one is chosen and another returned. — repealed by Ballot Act 1872
  • (Gauge Penny) c. 15 The duty of a gauger, and when he shall have his gauge penny. — repealed by Repeal of Acts Concerning Importation Act 1822 (3 Geo. 4. c. 41)
  • (Escheators) c. 16 When and where an escheator shall take his inquest of office, and his fee. — repealed by Escheat (Procedure) Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 53)
  • (Wines) c. 17 No new impositions shall be laid upon them which buy wines in Gascony or Guyen, by the King's officers in those parts, upon pain of forfeiture of twenty pounds, and treble damages. — repealed by Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98)

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  1. ^ 15 Hen. 6. c. 2

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1447 (25 Hen. 6)

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The 15th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Bury St Edmunds from 10 February 1447 until 3 March 1447.

  • (Wales) All statutes made against Welchmen confirmed. All grants of markets and fairs to any Welchmen shall be void. The King's villains in North Wales shall be constrained to such labour as their have done before. — repealed by Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1623 (21 Jas. 1. c. 28)

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1448 (27 Hen. 6)

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The 16th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 12 February 1449 until 16 July 1449.

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  1. ^ 26 Hen 6. c. 3

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1449 (28 Hen. 6)

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The 17th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 6 November 1449.

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  1. ^ 27 Hen. 6. c. 1
  2. ^ 23 Hen. 6. c. 8

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1450 (29 Hen. 6)

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The 18th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 6 November 1450.

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1452 (31 Hen. 6)

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The 19th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Reading from 6 March 1453.

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  1. ^ Outlawries Act 1442 (20 Hen. 6. c. 2)

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1455 (33 Hen. 6)

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The 20th Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 9 July 1455 until 12 March 1456.

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1460 (39 Hen. 6)

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The 22nd Parliament of King Henry VI, which met at Westminster from 7 October 1460.

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