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administrative amendment appeal assent authority Barons bicameral Bill Bishops Board boroughs Cabinet Chamber Chancellor Civil Colonies Committee Court Crown Curia Regis declared Democracy duties eighteenth century elected electors enactment English Constitution Exchequer Executive exercised fact Foreign fourteenth century franchise functions Grand Remonstrance Henry hereditary House of Commons House of Lords important India institutions judges judicial jurisdiction justice King King's Knights legislation Legislature less Long Parliament Lord John Russell Lord Palmerston machinery matter ment Ministry modern Monarchy municipal nation oligarchy ordinary Parish Parlia Parliament Parliamentary party passed Peerage Peers Petition of Right political position practice Prime Minister principle privilege Privy Council Queen Queen Victoria question Reform regard reign representative responsible revenue Revolution royal rule Secretary Sheriff Shire Sovereign Statute Stuarts summoned supreme taxation tion towns township Treasury Tudor vote Walpole whole Witenagemot