Edward's first Parliament

• When was his Parliament created?

  April 1275
• Who was invited?


  earls, barons, knights, bishops, abbots , two burgesses from each town, two knights from every shire.
• Why did he invite so many people?

  Edward wanted a tax of merchants to pay off his Crusading debts and he wanted as many people as possible to know about his first major piece of legislation (Statute of Westminster)
• Estimated that around 800 people were invited