<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> Reflecting Parliament as it stood in 1707 . </P> See also: Parliament of Scotland, Parliament of Ireland </Td> </Tr> <P> Reflecting Parliament as it stood in 1707 . </P> <P> The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England, existing from the early 13th century until 1707, when it became the Parliament of Great Britain after the political union of England and Scotland created the Kingdom of Great Britain . </P> <P> In 1066, William of Normandy introduced what, in later centuries, became referred to as a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants - in - chief (a person who held land) and ecclesiastics before making laws . In 1215, the tenants - in - chief secured Magna Carta from King John, which established that the king may not levy or collect any taxes (except the feudal taxes to which they were hitherto accustomed), save with the consent of his royal council, which gradually developed into a parliament . </P>

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