3rd Parliament of Elizabeth I

To head off the usual problems caused by religious debate and calls for her to marry, Elizabeth instructed Parliament to deal with other issues and appointed lawyer Christopher Wray as Speaker of the House of Commons.

However, a number of bills concerning religious practices were introduced, only two of which were passed before Elizabeth claimed that religious practices in England were entirely her responsibility as head of the Church of England.

Nevertheless, several important statutes were passed legalizing moneylending, and for the maintenance of farmland and the navy.

A further bill made it treasonable to support the recent bull of excommunication received by Elizabeth from Pope Pius V. Altogether a total of 29 statutes and 12 private measures were enacted by the time the 3rd Parliament was dissolved on 29 May 1571.

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