Tag: Simon de Montfort

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KHAS meeting on Monday June 13th

12/06/2016

Dear KHAS Member, Just to remind you that there will be a KHAS meeting on Monday June 13th at 7.45pm, in the Senior Citizens’ Club accessible from the Abbey End car park. David Snowden, of the Simon de Montfort Society, will be speaking to us on “Riding the Tiger: the Life and Death of Simon… Read More KHAS meeting on Monday June 13th

— Siege of 1266 —

Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester

11/03/2016

In January 1265 Simon de Montfort called a Parliament (in the name of King Henry III), when for the first time commoners were invited to play a small part in the decisions made. This was an early landmark in the development of Parliament which would, centuries later, result in the two house democratic parliamentary system… Read More Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester