council of fifteen

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The Council of Fifteen was a baronial committee of nobles established in 1258 to limit King Henry III’s power and oversee the governance of England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baronial council ⓘ
governing committee ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
appointedBy baronial assembly at Oxford ⓘ
composedOf English nobles ⓘ
barons ⓘ
conflict power struggle between Henry III and the baronage ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdDuring reign of Henry III of England ⓘ
dissolved 1260 ⓘ
documentedIn English medieval legal and constitutional records ⓘ
chronicles of Matthew Paris ⓘ
endCause reassertion of royal authority by Henry III ⓘ
governmentalRole advising the king on policy ⓘ
control of key royal officers ⓘ
oversight of royal finances ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver appointments to royal offices ⓘ
royal administration of England ⓘ
royal council ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance early limitation of monarchical power in England ⓘ
precursor to later constitutional developments in England ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 15 ⓘ
historicalPeriod 13th century ⓘ
Second Barons' War era ⓘ
linked to: Second Barons' War
inception 1258 ⓘ
languageUsed Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Latin ⓘ
legalBasis Provisions of Oxford ⓘ
location Oxford, Kingdom of England ⓘ
linked to: Oxford, England
meetsAt royal court of England ⓘ
linked to: English royal court
opposedBy royalist supporters of Henry III ⓘ
partOf baronial reform movement against Henry III ⓘ
purpose to limit the power of King Henry III of England ⓘ
to oversee the governance of England ⓘ
relatedTo Provisions of Westminster ⓘ
Second Barons' War ⓘ
replaced unrestricted royal council of Henry III ⓘ
replacedBy restored royal authority of Henry III ⓘ
selectionMethod partly chosen by the king and partly by the barons ⓘ
significantEvent Provisions of Oxford ⓘ
significantFigure Hugh Bigod ⓘ
John FitzGeoffrey ⓘ
Peter de Montfort ⓘ
Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester ⓘ
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester ⓘ

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Provisions of Oxford → created → council of fifteen ⓘ