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The Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament
List of Parliaments of England

List of Parliaments of England is a list of the Parliament of England, from the reign of King Henry III of England to the creation of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1707....
 called by Charles I
Charles I of England

Charles I was List of English monarchs, List of monarchs of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his capital punishment on 30 January 1649....
, on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars
Bishops' Wars

The Bishops? Wars ? Bella Episcoporum ? refers to two armed encounters between Charles I of England and the Scottish Covenanter in 1639 and 1640, which helped to set the stage for the English Civil War and the subsequent Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
. It received its name from the fact that through a unique Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War
English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Roundhead and Cavalier. The First English Civil War and Second English Civil War civil wars pitted the supporters of Charles I of England against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the Third English Civil War saw fighting between supporters...
 and at the end of Interregnum in 1660. It sat from 1640 until 1649, when it was purged by the New Model Army
New Model Army

The New Model Army was formed in 1645 by the roundhead in the English Civil War. It differed from other armies in the same conflict in that it was intended as an army liable for service anywhere in the country, rather than being tied to a single area or garrison....
 of those who were not sympathetic to the Army's concerns.






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1640   November: The English Long Parliament is summoned.

1641   The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles I's absolutist tendencies.

1642   Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. A precursor to English Civil War.

1642   King Charles I raised the royal battle standard over Nottingham Castle, so declaring war on his own Parliament.

1643   English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down - In England, Lord Henry Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, wins a crushing victory over the Parliamentarian Sir William Waller.

1645   The Long Parliament outlaws the 1559 version of the Book of Common Prayer

1645   English Civil War: Battle of Naseby - 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers

1648   England's Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Address, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War.

1649   The Commonwealth of England, a republican form of government, replaces the monarchy as the form of government of England and later of Scotland and Ireland. Members of the Long Parliament serve as government.

1653   End of the first period of republican government called the Commonwealth of England. The Rump Parliament was disbanded by Oliver Cromwell. See also the Long Parliament and Southamptonshire.







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The Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament
List of Parliaments of England

List of Parliaments of England is a list of the Parliament of England, from the reign of King Henry III of England to the creation of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1707....
 called by Charles I
Charles I of England

Charles I was List of English monarchs, List of monarchs of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his capital punishment on 30 January 1649....
, on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars
Bishops' Wars

The Bishops? Wars ? Bella Episcoporum ? refers to two armed encounters between Charles I of England and the Scottish Covenanter in 1639 and 1640, which helped to set the stage for the English Civil War and the subsequent Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
. It received its name from the fact that through a unique Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War
English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Roundhead and Cavalier. The First English Civil War and Second English Civil War civil wars pitted the supporters of Charles I of England against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the Third English Civil War saw fighting between supporters...
 and at the end of Interregnum in 1660. It sat from 1640 until 1649, when it was purged by the New Model Army
New Model Army

The New Model Army was formed in 1645 by the roundhead in the English Civil War. It differed from other armies in the same conflict in that it was intended as an army liable for service anywhere in the country, rather than being tied to a single area or garrison....
 of those who were not sympathetic to the Army's concerns. Those members who remained after the Army's purge became known as the Rump Parliament
Rump Parliament

The Rump Parliament was the name of the English Parliament after Pride's Purge purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those Members of Parliament hostile to the Grandee intention to try King Charles I of England for high treason....
. During the Protectorate
The Protectorate

In History of the British Isles, the Protectorate was the period 1653–1659 during which the Commonwealth of England was governed by a Lord Protector....
, the Rump was replaced by other Parliamentary assemblies, only to be recalled after Oliver Cromwell's
Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English people Military history of the United Kingdom and Politics of England leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
 death in 1658 by the Army in the hope of restoring credibility to the Army's rule. When this failed, General George Monck allowed the members barred in 1649 to retake their seats so that they could pass the necessary legislation to initiate the Restoration and dissolve the Long Parliament. This cleared the way for a new Parliament, known as the Convention Parliament
Convention Parliament

The term Convention Parliament has been applied to three different English Parliaments, of 1399, 1660 and 1689.The definition of the term convention parliament is generally taken to be:...
, to be elected.

1640–1648


The sole reason Charles I assembled Parliament was to ask it to pass finance bills, since the Bishops' Wars
Bishops' Wars

The Bishops? Wars ? Bella Episcoporum ? refers to two armed encounters between Charles I of England and the Scottish Covenanter in 1639 and 1640, which helped to set the stage for the English Civil War and the subsequent Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
 had bankrupted him.

The Parliament was initially influenced by John Pym
John Pym

John Pym was an England List of Parliaments of England, leader of the Long Parliament and a prominent critic of James I of England and then Charles I of England....
 and his supporters. In August 1641, it enacted legislation depriving Charles I of the powers that he had assumed since his accession. The reforms were designed to negate the possibility of Charles ruling absolutely again. The parliament also freed those imprisoned by the Star Chamber
Star Chamber

The Star Chamber was an England court of law that sat at the royal Palace of Westminster until 1641. It was made up of Privy Counsellors, as well as common-law judges, and supplemented the activities of the common-law and equity courts in both civil and criminal matters....
. A Triennial Act was requested by parliament to be signed that required no more than three years should elapse between sessions of Parliament. However King Charles I refused to sign this act. The Dissolution Act which required the Long Parliament's consent to its own dissolution. Parliament was also responsible for the impeachment and subsequent execution of the king's advisers, Archbishop
Archbishop

In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
 William Laud
William Laud

Archbishop William Laud was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645. He pursued a High Church course and opposed Radical Reformation of Puritanism....
 and Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford.

The Irish Rebellion
Irish Rebellion of 1641

The Irish Rebellion of 1641 began as an attempted coup d'?tat by Irish Roman Catholic Church gentry, but developed into inter communal violence between native Irish people and England and Scotland Protestant settlers, starting a conflict known as the Irish Confederate Wars....
 which started in October 1641 brought the control of the army back into the discussions between King and Parliament. Led by John Pym, Parliament presented the King with the Grand Remonstrance
Grand Remonstrance

The Grand Remonstrance was a list of grievances presented to King Charles I of England by the Parliament of England on 1 December 1641, during the Long Parliament; it was one of the chief events which were to precipitate the English Civil War....
 which was passed in the Commons by 11 votes (159 - 148) on 22 November 1641. It listed over 150 perceived "misdeeds" of Charles' reign including the Church (under the influence of foreign papists) and royal advisers (also "have[ing] engaged themselves to further the interests of some foreign powers") the second half of the Remonstrance proposed solutions to the "misdeeds" including church reform and Parliamentary influence over the appointment of royal ministers. December 1641 Parliament asserted that it wanted control over the appointment of the commanders of the Army and Navy in the Militia Ordinance
Militia Ordinance

The Militia Ordinance was a List of Acts and Ordinances of the Parliament of England, 1642 to 1660 passed by the Long Parliament of England in March 1642, which was a major step towards the English Civil War between the King and Parliament of England of England....
 . The king rejected the Grand Remonstrance and refused to give royal assent to the Militia Bill.

The King believed that Puritans (or Dissenter
Dissenter

The term dissenter , labels one who dissents or disagrees in matters of opinion, belief, etc. In the social and religious history of England and Wales, however, it refers particularly to a member of a religious body in England or Wales who has, for one reason or another, separated from the Established Church....
s) encouraged by five vociferous members of the House of Commons, John Pym, John Hampden
John Hampden

John Hampden was an England politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, a descendant of a very ancient family of that county, said to have been established there before the Norman conquest, and of Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir Henry Cromwell, and aunt of Oliver Cromwell....
, Denzil Holles, Sir Arthur Haselrig
Arthur Haselrig

Sir Arthur Haselrig, 2nd Baronet , England Parliament of England, is best remembered as one of the five members of parliament whom King Charles I of England attempted to arrest in 1642, an event that helped precipitate the English Civil War....
 and William Strode
William Strode

William Strode was an England Parliament of England.Strode was a man of strong character, but of narrow judgment. Clarendon speaks of him as a man "of low account and esteem," who only gained his reputation by his accidental association with those greater than himself; but to his own party praised his "insuperable constancie"....
 along with Lord Mandeville
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester

Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester Knight of the Garter, Knight of the Bath, Fellow of the Royal Society was an important commander of Parliamentary forces in the First English Civil War, and for a time Oliver Cromwell's superior....
 (the future Earl of Manchester) who sat in the House of Lords, had encouraged the Scots to invade England in the recent Bishops' Wars and that they were intent on turning the London mob against him. When rumours reached the court that they were also planning to impeach the Queen for alleged involvement in Catholic plots Charles decided to arrest them for treason.

The Speaker of the House
Speaker of the British House of Commons

In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land....
 during the Long Parliament was William Lenthall
William Lenthall

William Lenthall , was an England politician of the English Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons .The second son of William Lenthall of North Leigh in Oxfordshire, a descendant of an old Herefordshire family, he was born at Henley-on-Thames....
. On 4 January 1642 the king entered the House of Commons to seize the five members. Having taken the speaker's chair and looked round in vain to discover the offending members commenting "I see the birds have flown", Charles turned to Lenthall standing below, and demanded of him whether any of those persons were in the House, whether he saw any of them and where they were. Lenthall fell on his knees and replied: "May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here."

After his failure to capture the five members, and fearing for his family's lives, Charles left London for Oxford. Most of the royalist members of Parliament left to join him there where they formed the Oxford Parliament
Oxford Parliament (1644)

The Oxford Parliament ? also known as the King's Oxford Parliament ? assembled for the first time 22 January 1644 and adjourned for the last time on 10 March 1645....
. Without its royalist members, the Long Parliament continued to sit during the Civil War
English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Roundhead and Cavalier. The First English Civil War and Second English Civil War civil wars pitted the supporters of Charles I of England against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the Third English Civil War saw fighting between supporters...
 and beyond because of the Dissolution Act.

In March 1642 with the King absent from London and the war clouds gathering, Parliament decreed that its own Parliamentary Ordinances were valid laws without royal assent. The Militia Ordinance
Militia Ordinance

The Militia Ordinance was a List of Acts and Ordinances of the Parliament of England, 1642 to 1660 passed by the Long Parliament of England in March 1642, which was a major step towards the English Civil War between the King and Parliament of England of England....
 was passed on 5 March by Parliament which gave Parliament control of the local militia called Trained Bands. Control of the London Trained Bands was the most strategically critical because they could protect the radical members of Parliament from armed intervention against them by any soldiers which Charles had near the capital. In response to the Militia Ordinance, Charles revived the Commissions of Array as a means of summoning an army instead.

1649–1653 Rump Parliament

Main article: Rump Parliament
Rump Parliament

The Rump Parliament was the name of the English Parliament after Pride's Purge purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those Members of Parliament hostile to the Grandee intention to try King Charles I of England for high treason....
Divisions emerged between various factions, culminating in Pride's Purge
Pride's Purge

Pride?s Purge took place in December 1648, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the British House of Commons all those who were not supporters of the Grandee s in the New Model Army and the Independents....
 on 7 December 1648, when, under the orders of Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English people Military history of the United Kingdom and Politics of England leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
's son-in-law Henry Ireton
Henry Ireton

Henry Ireton , was an England general in the army of Parliament of England during the English Civil War. He was the son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell....
, Colonel Pride
Thomas Pride

Thomas Pride was a roundhead general in the English Civil War, and best known as the instigator of "Pride's Purge".Pride is stated to have been brought up by the parish of St Bride's, London but is thought to have been born in Somerset....
 physically barred about half of the members of Parliament from taking their seats. Many of the excluded members were Presbyterians. In the wake of the ejections, the remnant, the Rump Parliament, arranged for the trial and execution of Charles I. It was also responsible for the setting up of the Commonwealth of England
Commonwealth of England

The Commonwealth of England was the republic which ruled first Kingdom of England and Wales, and then Kingdom of Ireland and Kingdom of Scotland from 1649 to 1660....
 in 1649.

Oliver Cromwell forcibly disbanded the Rump in 1653 when it seemed they might disband his expensive army of 50,000 men. It was followed by the Barebones Parliament
Barebones Parliament

Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth of England to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as The Protectorate....
 and then the First
First Protectorate Parliament

The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government . It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the British House of Commons....
, Second
Second Protectorate Parliament

The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the British House of Commons....
 and Third Protectorate Parliament
Third Protectorate Parliament

The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speaker of the British House of Commons....


1659 recall and 1660 restoration

After Richard Cromwell
Richard Cromwell

Richard Cromwell was the third son of Oliver Cromwell, and was the second Lord Protector#Cromwellian_republican_Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, for just under nine months, from 3 September 1658 until 25 May 1659....
, who had succeeded his father Oliver
Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English people Military history of the United Kingdom and Politics of England leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
 as Lord Protector
Lord Protector

Lord Protector is a particular British title for Heads of State, with two meanings at different periods of history.Feudal royal regent ...
 in 1658, was effectively deposed by an officers' coup
Coup d'état

A coup d??tat , often simply called a coup, is the sudden unconstitutional overthrow of a government by a part of the state establishment – usually the military – to replace the branch of the stricken government, either with another civil government or with a military government....
 in April, 1659, the officers re-summoned the Rump Parliament to sit. It convened on 7 May 1659, but after five months in power it again clashed with the army (led by John Lambert
John Lambert

John Lambert could refer to:*John Lambert British Army general*John William Lambert, American automotive pioneer*Jack Lambert *John Lambert , Naval illustrator and author...
) and was again forcibly dissolved on 13 October 1659. Rule then passed to an unelected Committee of Safety, including Lambert; but as General George Monck, who had been Cromwell's viceroy in Scotland, began to march south, Lambert, who had ridden out to face him, lost support in London, the Navy declared for Parliament, and on 26 December 1659 the Rump was restored to power.

Monck, whom Lambert had failed to confront, continued his southward march. On 3 February 1660, Monck arrived in London. After an initial show of deference to the Rump, Monck quickly found them unwilling to cooperate with his plan for a free election of a new parliament; so on 21 February 1660 he reinstated the members 'secluded' by Pride, so that they could prepare legislation for the Convention Parliament
Convention Parliament

The term Convention Parliament has been applied to three different English Parliaments, of 1399, 1660 and 1689.The definition of the term convention parliament is generally taken to be:...
. Having called for elections for a Parliament to meet on 25 April, the Long Parliament dissolved itself on 16 March 1660. This view was confirmed by a court ruling during the treason trial of Henry Vane the Younger
Henry Vane the Younger

Sir Henry Vane , son of Henry Vane the Elder, served as a statesman and Member of Parliament in a career spanning England and Massachusetts. A constant theme of his life was religious tolerance....
.

Notable members of the Long Parliament

  • Sir John Coolepeper
  • Oliver Cromwell
    Oliver Cromwell

    Oliver Cromwell was an English people Military history of the United Kingdom and Politics of England leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
  • Sir Simonds D'Ewes
    Simonds d'Ewes

    Sir Simonds d'Ewes, 1st Baronet was an antiquary and politician. He was bred for the bar, was a member of the Long Parliament and left notes on its transactions....
  • George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol
    George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol

    George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol , politician. He was born in Madrid, the eldest son of John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol and his wife Beatrice Walcott....
  • Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland
    Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland

    Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland was an England politician, soldier and author....
  • John Hampden
    John Hampden

    John Hampden was an England politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, a descendant of a very ancient family of that county, said to have been established there before the Norman conquest, and of Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir Henry Cromwell, and aunt of Oliver Cromwell....
  • Sir Robert Harley
    Robert Harley (1579-1656)

    Sir Robert Harley was an England statesman who served as Master of the Mint for Charles I of England and later supported the parliamentarians during the English Civil War....
  • Sir Arthur Haselrig
    Arthur Haselrig

    Sir Arthur Haselrig, 2nd Baronet , England Parliament of England, is best remembered as one of the five members of parliament whom King Charles I of England attempted to arrest in 1642, an event that helped precipitate the English Civil War....
  • Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
    Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles

    Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles Privy Council of England was an England statesman and writer, best known as one of the five members of parliament whom King Charles I of England attempted to arrest in 1642....
  • Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
    Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

    Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon was an England historian and statesman, and grandfather of two British monarchs, Mary II of England and Anne of Great Britain....
  • William Lenthall
    William Lenthall

    William Lenthall , was an England politician of the English Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons .The second son of William Lenthall of North Leigh in Oxfordshire, a descendant of an old Herefordshire family, he was born at Henley-on-Thames....
  • John Pym
    John Pym

    John Pym was an England List of Parliaments of England, leader of the Long Parliament and a prominent critic of James I of England and then Charles I of England....
  • Sir Benjamin Rudyerd
    Benjamin Rudyerd

    Sir Benjamin Rudyerd or Rudyard , of West Woodhay in Berkshire, was an English politician and poet, Member of Parliament for various constituencies between 1620 and 1648, and a colonial investor who was one of the incorporators of the Providence Company in 1630....
  • William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford
    William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford

    William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford Order of the Garter Privy Council was a British peerage and soldier during the English Civil War....
  • Oliver St John
    Oliver St John

    Oliver St John , was an England statesman and judge....
  • Sir Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge
    Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge

    Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was an English statesman, a Member of Parliament raised to the peerage by Charles I of England and a Cavaliers during the English Civil War....
  • Sir Nicholas Slanning
    Nicholas Slanning

    Sir Nicholas Slanning was a royalist army officer active in the West of England, during the Civil War. He should not be confused with his maternal grandfather, Nicholas Slanning , or his son, Nicholas, who was granted a baronetcy by the restored monarchy ....
  • William Strode
    William Strode

    William Strode was an England Parliament of England.Strode was a man of strong character, but of narrow judgment. Clarendon speaks of him as a man "of low account and esteem," who only gained his reputation by his accidental association with those greater than himself; but to his own party praised his "insuperable constancie"....
  • James Temple
    James Temple

    James Temple was a puritan, english civil war soldier and List of regicides of Charles I. Following the death of his elder brother in 1627, he became the only surviving son of Sir Alexander Temple....
  • Sir Henry Vane the Elder
    Henry Vane the Elder

    Sir Henry Vane, the elder , was an English politician and Secretary of State ....
  • Sir Henry Vane the Younger
    Henry Vane the Younger

    Sir Henry Vane , son of Henry Vane the Elder, served as a statesman and Member of Parliament in a career spanning England and Massachusetts. A constant theme of his life was religious tolerance....
  • Sir Nicholas Crisp


Time line

  • Triennial Act, passed 15 February 1641
  • Archbishop William Laud imprisoned 26 February 1641
  • Act against Dissolving the Long Parliament without its own Consent 11 May 1641
  • Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford executed 12 May 12, 1641
  • Abolition of the Star Chamber
    Habeas Corpus Act 1640

    The Habeas Corpus Act 1640 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England with the long title "An Act for the Regulating the Privie Councell and for taking away the Court commonly called the Star Chamber." The Act was passed by the Long Parliament shortly after the impeachment and execution of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford in...
     5 July 1641
  • Ship Money declared illegal 7 August 1641
  • Grand Remonstrance 22 November 1641
  • Militia Bill December, 1641
  • The King’s answer to the petition accompanying the Grand Remonstrance 23 December 1641
  • The King's attempt to seize the five members 4 January 1642
  • The King and Royal Family leave Whitehall
    Whitehall

    Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional Charing Cross, now at the southern end of Trafalgar Square and marked by the statue of Charles I of England, which is often regarded as the heart of London....
     for Hampton Court. January, 1642
  • The King leaves Hampton Court for the North 2 March 1642
  • Militia Ordinance
    Militia Ordinance

    The Militia Ordinance was a List of Acts and Ordinances of the Parliament of England, 1642 to 1660 passed by the Long Parliament of England in March 1642, which was a major step towards the English Civil War between the King and Parliament of England of England....
     agreed by Lords and Commons 5 March 1642
  • Parliament decreed that Parliamentary Ordinances were valid without royal assent following the King's refusal to assent to the Militia Ordinance 15 March 1642
  • Adventurers Act
    Adventurers Act

    The Adventurers' Act is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England, with the long title "An Act for the speedy and effectual reducing of the rebels in His Majesty's Kingdom of Ireland"....
     to raise money to suppress the Irish Rebellion of 1641
    Irish Rebellion of 1641

    The Irish Rebellion of 1641 began as an attempted coup d'?tat by Irish Roman Catholic Church gentry, but developed into inter communal violence between native Irish people and England and Scotland Protestant settlers, starting a conflict known as the Irish Confederate Wars....
     19 March 1642
  • The Solemn League and Covenant 25 September 1643
  • Ordinance appointing the First Committee of both Kingdoms 16 February 1644
  • The Self-denying Ordinance
    Self-denying Ordinance

    The first Self-denying Ordinance was a bill moved on December 9, 1644 to deprive members of the Parliament of England from holding command in the army or the navy during the English Civil War....
     4 April 1645
  • Pride's Purge (Start of the Rump Parliament
    Rump Parliament

    The Rump Parliament was the name of the English Parliament after Pride's Purge purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those Members of Parliament hostile to the Grandee intention to try King Charles I of England for high treason....
    ) 7 December 1648
  • Excluded members of the Long Parliament reinstated by George Monck 21 February 1660
  • Having called for elections for a Parliament to meet on 25 April, the Long Parliament dissolved itself on 16 March 1660


See also

  • List of Parliaments of England
    List of Parliaments of England

    List of Parliaments of England is a list of the Parliament of England, from the reign of King Henry III of England to the creation of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1707....


Further reading

  • 11 May 1641


Footnotes