jan 1, 1258 - The first English-language royal proclamation since the Conquest
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King Henry III issued the first English-language royal proclamation since the Conquest, having been forced by his barons to accept the Provisions of Oxford, establishing a Privy Council to oversee the administration of the
government, so beginning the growth of the English constitution and
parliament.
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