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Encyclopedia > Tournai (constituency)
Tournai
Borough constituency
Created: 1513
Abolished: 1519
Type: House of Commons

Tournai was a former constituency of the Parliament of England. A borough constituency (in Scotland, a burgh constituency) is a type of parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events March 4 - Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... English parliament in front of the king c. ...


The French (now Belgian) city of Tournai, in Wallonia, was under English rule from 23 September 1513 until it was returned to France in 1519. During part of that time it was represented in the Parliament of England by two members. Tournai (in Dutch: Doornik in Latin: Tornacum) is a municipality located 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt (in French: Escaut, in Dutch: Schelde), in the Belgian province of Hainaut. ... Wallonia (French: Wallonie, German: Wallonien, Walloon: Walonreye, Dutch: Wallonië) or the Walloon Region (French: Région Wallonne, Dutch: Waals Gewest) is the predominantly French-speaking region that constitutes one of the three federal regions of Belgium, with its capital at Namur. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events March 4 - Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico. ...


An election is known to have taken place in about December 1513. It is not clear if there was any election for the next Parliament in 1515, but that would have been the last opportunity for this community to be represented in the English House of Commons. The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...


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

November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1511 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1512 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1514 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1514 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1515 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1515 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1515 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Reference

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


 

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