The Merciless Parliament, Part 1

A few years back I offered a brief look at the Lords Appellant , the group put in charge of England because of the excesses in the administration of the young king, Richard II. Richard tried to overthrow the Lords Appellant, but they forced Richard to call a parliament session that became known as the Merciless Parliament. Assembled from 3 February to 4 June in 1388, the goal was to deal with…