ABSTRACT
Students of English constitutional history have shown a tendency to regard the reign of Edward IV as of little consequence, except in so far as it was a preparation for the coming of the Tudor autocrats. The legislative body of the kingdom had also taken on its final form long before Edward of York seized the throne. In spite of the almost complete lack of council records of Edward’s reign, there is plenty of evidence that the council met frequently while he was king, and that the meetings were ordinarily held in the Star Chamber at Westminster. The story of what happened in Edward’s parliaments has already been told at considerable length, but a little more emphasis may well be laid on a few facts concerning them, and particularly on Edward’s relations with them. With the prelates of the English church Edward’s associations were at all times of the closest.
