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Sir John Davies for the Parliament of 1613, that the latter was 

 the first full representation of the four provinces that had ever 

 assembled. 



Perrott's Parliament, which commenced at Dublin on April 26th, 

 1585, is commonly accounted to have sat in Dublin only, and to have 

 held two sessions ; of which the first lasted till the 25th of May in 

 the same year, and the second from April 25th to May 14th, 1586, on 

 which last-mentioned day it was dissolved. It appears, however, from 

 the journal at Oxford that the Parliament was prorogued to Drogheda, 

 to which town the Deputy actually proceeded for the purpose of 

 holding a session. But, as noticed above, owing to the inadequate 

 accommodation in Drogheda, Perrott's visit ended in a further 

 prorogation to Dublin. 



APPENDIX. 



The Succession of the Speakeks of the Irish House of CozviiioNS. 



In no publication with which I am acquainted is there any list of 

 the Speakers of the Irish House of Commons. Lascelles' Liher 

 Munerum, to which one naturally turns for such a record, does not, of 

 course, include any record of an ofiice which does not derive directly 

 from the Crown. And that useful compilation, Haydn's Book of 

 Dignities^ will also be consulted in vain for a succession of the Irish 

 Speakers. From the Stuart period onwards the names can be collected 

 without much trouble from the Commons Journals. But prior to that 

 time there is no source of information except the State Papers, and 

 one or two chance references in contemporary histories, such as that 

 cited above from Campion. From these sources I have derived the 

 names of the Tudor Speakers in the following list, of each of whom 

 a brief account is appended. It would be very satisfactory to be able 

 to present a complete list from the date of Poynings' Parliament. 

 But a diligent search, in many directions, has so far failed to yield any 

 results, and it seems impossible to identify any earlier Speaker than 

 Sir Thomas Cusake, or to begin, with any certainty, earlier than 1541. 



From the year 1541 to 1800 there were in all twenty-five 

 elections to the Chair of the House of Commons; but as several 

 Speakers held office in more than one Parliament, the roll of actual 

 Speakers includes no more than eighteen names. Of these the first 

 thii'teen were members of the legal profession. This was in accordance 



