Publication of Ordinances of 1311

Date: October 11, 1311 • Location: London, United Kingdom

The peerage and clergy of the Kingdom of England published the Ordinances of 1311 to restrict King Edward II's powers.

The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in the United Kingdom in total. English Peeresses obtained their first seats in the House of Lords under the Peerage Act 1963 from which date until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 all Peers of England could sit in the House of Lords.