10th Parliament of Queen Elizabeth I was dedicated to social and economic matters. The Poor Laws of 1597-98 were codified into a new Act which remained on the Statute Book until 1834. A number of bills concerning alehouses and drunkenness, blasphemy, regulation of weights and measures, and the enforcement of church attendance failed to be passed into law. Nevertheless a total of 19 public and 10 private measures did receive the royal assent. 10th Parliament of Queen Elizabeth I The 10th Parliament of Queen Elizabeth I was summoned by Queen Elizabeth I of England on 11 September 1601 and assembled on 27 October 1601. It was
4th Parliament of Queen Elizabeth I 4th Parliament of Queen Elizabeth I The 4th Parliament of Queen Elizabeth I was summoned by Queen Elizabeth I of England on 28 March 1572 and assembled on 8 May 1572. The Parliament was called, following pressure from the Privy Council, to discuss the consequences of the Ridolfi plot, a Catholic conspiracy which had attempted to put Elizabeth's cousin, Mary Stuart (Queen of Scots), on the throne of England in her place. Robert Bell was installed as the Speaker of the House of Commons. On 13 May 1572, at a joint committee of both Houses of Parliament (Upper and Lower),