Fire and Faggot Parliament
- Fire and Faggot Parliament
The Fire and Faggot Parliament was an English Parliament held in 1414 during the reign of Henry V.
It was held in Grey Friars Priory in Leicester, and the Speaker was Walter Hungerford.
It is named from the main item of business which was a statute - the "Suppression of Heresy Act" - passed for the suppression of the Lollards,
The Parliament also confirmed Archbishop Arundel's policy of licensing books for publication:
The King received the rights to “Tonnage and Poundage” for life from this Parliament. This precedent was continued for all Monarchs until the Useless Parliament in 1625 when Charles I was granted the right for only one year.
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