​Henry VIII, the Reign
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All Nine Henry VIII's Parliaments -


Including The Reformation Parliament
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The Legal Year
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Please Note: Until The Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 was introduced the legal year began on 25 March. Therefore, all legislation passed between 1 January and that date is counted as part of the previous calendar year.

The Four Parliament Sittings from 1509 to 1523

No.	​​Summoned	​Assembled	​Dissolved
1.	​17 October 1509	​21 January 1510	23 February 1510
2.	​28 November 1511	​4 February 1512	​4 March 1514
3.	​23 November 1514	​5 February 1515	​22 December 1515
5.		​15 April 1523	​13 August 1523

Polydore Virgil's Commentary on Henry VIII's Parliamentary Debut

 5.The Reformation Parliament Sat 3 November 1529 to 14 April 1536

Chronological List of All Acts Directly Concerning the Reformation

Session No	​​​Summoned	​​Assembled	Prorogued	All Acts
1	9 August 1529	​3 November 1529	​17 December 1529	All the Acts of 1529
2	Continuing Session	​16 January 1531	31 March 1531	All the Acts of 1531
3	Continuing Session	​15 January 1532	14 May 1532	All the Acts of 1532
4	Continuing Session	4 February 1533	7 April 1533	All the Acts of 1533
5	​Continuing Session	15 January 1534	30 March 1534	All the Acts of 1534
6	Continuing Session	3 November 1534	18 December 1534	All the Acts of 1535
7	Continuing Session	4 February 1536	14 April 1536	All the Acts of 1536

 Reformation Parliament Ended 14 April 1536

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27 April 1536

8 June 1536

18 July 1536

7

1 March 1539

28 April 1539

24 July 1540

8

23 November 1541

16 January 1542

28 March 1544

9

1 December 1544

23 November 1545

31 January 1547