Tournai (Parliament of England constituency)

Tournai
Tournai
Formerborough constituency; for theHouse of Commons
1513–1519
Seats	2

Tournai(French pronunciation:[tuʁnɛ]), was a possible formerconstituencyof theParliament of England.

Overview

Tournai,the only town (now city) in modernBelgiumever to have been ruled byEngland,was under English control from around 23 September 1513 (after its capture from France during the1513 Battle of Guinegate) and remained so until its return in 1519 to France upon the payment of 600,000 crowns^{[citation needed]}^{[disputed–discuss]}following theTreaty of London (1518).Aged 22,Henry VIIIentered the town ceremonially on 25 September 1513.^[1]During part of the time during which the town was under English sovereignty, it was possibly represented in theParliament of Englandby two Members of Parliament. However, Oxford historianC. S. L. Davieshas argued that no such constituency ever existed.^[2]

Election

An election is believed by some to have taken place in about December 1513.^[3]

Members of Parliament

Summoned	Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	First Member	Second Member
28 November 1511	1513	4 February 1512	4 March 1514	Jean Le Sellier	unknown
23 November 1514	1515	5 February 1515	22 December 1515	unknown	unknown

Coinage

Groatand half-groat coins were issued without a portrait of King Henry VIII but did display his name. Dated 1513, these were struck subsequent to the town's capture in 1513 fromFranceand nowadays are exceptionally rare especially since they are the earliest British dated coins.^{[citation needed]}

External links

History Today article on Henry VIII in Tournai

References

^Cruickshank, C.G. (January 1971)."Henry VIII at Tournai".History Today.21(1).Retrieved18 May2014.
^Davies, C. S. L. (2001)."Tournai M.P.s at Westminster?".Parliamentary History.20(2): 233–235.doi:10.1111/j.1750-0206.2001.tb00377.x.
^S. T. Bindoff, ed., The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558, vol. 2 (London: History of Parliament Trust, 1982), 521.

The House of Commons 1509-1558,by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)

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[History_Today-1] Cruickshank, C.G. (January 1971)."Henry VIII at Tournai".History Today.21(1).Retrieved18 May2014.

[2] Davies, C. S. L. (2001)."Tournai M.P.s at Westminster?".Parliamentary History.20(2): 233–235.doi:10.1111/j.1750-0206.2001.tb00377.x.

[3] S. T. Bindoff, ed., The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558, vol. 2 (London: History of Parliament Trust, 1982), 521.

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