Members of Parliament 1213-1874

Those two volumes describe, for each year's Parliament, in county order, the names of those members, the date of the return, and the county, city, borough or place served.    

Price:  £17.87

Parliament at Work

The political, social and economic changes which overtook England in the early seventeenth century were both powerful and dramatic, forcing Parliament to adapt from a medieval institution into one with authority over all facets of society.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15874-7

Price:  £55.00

Parliament, its History, Constitution and Practice

An excellent book which describes the history and development of Parliament.    

Price:  £9.79

The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1386-1421 [4 volumes]

This four volume set contains the biographies of 3,175 individuals who sat in the House of Commons in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, providing not only a picture of political affiliations, aim and motives in seeking Membership, but also a study of other preocupations: the contrast between the code of chivalrous conduct and the reality of military service; the competitive pursuit of wealthy heiresses; the sometimes ambivalent relations between thelaity and the Church; and their fluctuating success and failures in the scramble for patronage and preferment from the Crown and baronetage alike.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-862-99943-8

Price:  £165.00

The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509-1558 [3 vols]

Over 2.260 biographical articles and 218 constituency articles are included in this three volume set of the History of Parliament in the first half of the sixteenth century.     ISBN 978-0-436-04282-9

Price:  £72.00

The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558-1603 [3 vols]

The History of Parliament - The House of Commons 1558-1603 contains 2.668 biographical articles and 241 constituency articles.     ISBN 978-0-118-87501-1

Price:  £72.00

The History of Parliament: the House of Commons, 1660-1690 [3 vols]

Here is the period from the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the Revolution of 1688 and the Convention Parliament which followed it. These three volumes cover the period of constitutional reconstruction after the Interregnum and the political crises of the 1670s and early 1680s.     ISBN 978-0-436-19274-6

Price:  £72.00

The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1715-1754 [2 vols]

The Introductory Survey, in the first part of this two volume set, sketches the procedure of the House of Commons during this period, shows the two party system in being at the general election of 1715, describes the evolution of the Opposition and of a new type of Prime Minister, and the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745 and the difficulties of the Tory party in responding to it.     ISBN 978-0-118-80098-3

Price:  £54.00

The History of Parliament: the House of Commons, 1754-1790 [3 vols]

The subject of the Namier/Brooke volumes concerns a period when politics were dominated in turn by the war with France, the accession of George III, the governance of India and the revolt of the American colonies.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-436-30420-0

Price:  £72.00

The History of Parliament: the House of Commons, 1790-1820 [5 vols]

These five volumes cover the period of Britain's long wars with France, and a huge expansion of the business of the House of Commons: Charles Abbot, Speaker from 1802-1817 estimated that the amount of business carried on in the House had quintupled between 1761 and 1813.     ISBN 978-0-436-52101-0

Price:  £135.00