Good Parliament
| Good Parliament | |||||
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| Legislative body | Parliament of England | ||||
| Meeting place | Palace of Westminster | ||||
| Term | 28 April 1376 – 10 July 1376 | ||||
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The Good Parliament is the name traditionally given to the English Parliament of 1376. Sitting in Westminster from April 28 to July 10, it was the longest Parliament up until that time. It turned into a parliamentary revolution, with the Commons (supported to some extent by the Lords) venting their grievances at decades of crippling taxation, misgovernment, and suspected endemic corruption among the ruling classes.
It took place during a time when the English court was perceived by much of the English population to be corrupt, and its traditional name was due to the sincere efforts by its members to reform the government. It had a formidable enemy, however, in John of Gaunt, fourth son of Edward III and the effective ruler of England at the time.