The parliament called in 1295, known as the Model Parliament and widely regarded as the first representative parliament, included the lower clergy for the first time as well as two knights from each county, two burgesses from each borough, and two citizens from each city. Early in the 14th century the practice developed of conducting debates between the lords spiritual and temporal in one.
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