the house of lords is the oldest second chamber in the world . it had been in continuous existence in one form or another more than a thouse years . it gtew out of the great council which was the seccessor of the saxon witan in 1295, when edward 1 called his model parliament , all the different classes of people summoned to attend met in one single assembly .but afterwards they split up into three groups..nobles , clergy , and commons . later on the greater clergy found its intrest in common in the nobles and they assosiates together into one body which came to be called house of lords.
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