Bad Parliament

Timeline

1. 1377Palace of Westminster · LondonJohn of Gaunt used royal influence to manipulate the new parliament, declared the Good Parliament's resolutions void, restored Latimer, Neville, and others to office, allowed Alice Perrers to return to court, and had reformist Speaker Peter de la Mare imprisoned.
2. 1377Palace of Westminster · LondonThe parliament approved subsidies and customs duties to raise funds for the young Richard II's imminent accession, providing financial support for his coronation that summer; though necessary, in the context of overturning reform this was seen as a bargain in which the magnates traded taxation for the return of corruption.