The Long Parliament was an English Parliament which lasted from 1640 until 1660. It followed the fiasco of the Short Parliament, which had convened for...

Rump Parliament was the English Parliament after Colonel Thomas Pride had commanded his soldiers, on 6 December 1648, to purge the Long Parliament of members...

lengthy negotiations between the English and Scottish parliaments he was handed over to the Long Parliament in London. Charles refused to accept his captors'...

periods. The Rump was created by Pride's Purge of those members of the Long Parliament who did not support the political position of the Grandees in the New...

in Parliamentary power. Ever since, this Parliament has been known as the Long Parliament. However, Parliament did attempt to avert conflict by requiring...

column. Phase 'c' of the Long Parliament was the King's Oxford Parliament. The King was unable to lawfully dissolve the Long Parliament, without its consent...

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great...

In 1640, Cromwell was returned as MP for Cambridge in the Short and Long Parliaments. He joined the Parliamentarian army when the First English Civil War...

The dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom occurs automatically five years after the day on which Parliament first met following a general...

call another parliament which he could not dissolve. This became known as the Long Parliament. List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1640 (April)...

meeting of the Long Parliament. 11 December, the Root and Branch Petition submitted to the Long Parliament July, the Long Parliament passes "An Act for...

soldiers commanded by Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly excluded from the Long Parliament those MPs viewed as their opponents, and arrested 45. The purge cleared...

in the Parliament), and to approve laws and expenditure. The Parliament was most recently elected on 15 May 2022. While terms are four years long, parliaments...

action. A new Parliament had to be called. The Long Parliament elected in 1640 proved just as difficult for Charles as had the Short Parliament. It assembled...

Parliament for Lichfield in the Long Parliament Michael Noble, Baron Glenkinglas (1913–1984), Scottish Conservative politician, Member of Parliament 1958–1974...

supporters of the Long Parliament Second English Civil War (1648–49) – the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament Third English...

Hyde and others not to dissolve the Long Parliament as this would violate the statute of 1641 which said that Parliament could not be dissolved without its...

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate...

Scripture citations was completed on 25 November 1647 and presented to the Long Parliament, and Scripture citations were added on 14 April 1649. Catechesis is...

the Long Parliament in November 1640 produced a Parliament which was even more dominated by Puritans than the Short Parliament had been. Parliament's first...

Charles' foreign policy, Parliament began to criticize the king more harshly than before. Charles then realised that, as long as he could avoid war, he...

15 February 1641, by the English Long Parliament, during the reign of King Charles I. The act required that Parliament meet for at least a fifty-day session...

1644 in what become known as the Bishops' Wars 1640 England – The Long Parliament summoned. 1642 England – English Civil War begins (see Timeline of...

In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the...

the Parliament of Scotland in 1638—and only recalled Parliament in 1640 to pass more taxes. The second sitting of Parliament that year—the famous Long Parliament—passed...

Assembly was called by the Long Parliament before and during the beginning of the First English Civil War. The Long Parliament was influenced by Puritanism...

the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Ludlow was elected a Member of the Long Parliament and served in the Parliamentary armies during the English Civil Wars...

England by the English Parliament on 1 December 1641, but passed by the House of Commons on 22 November 1641, during the Long Parliament. It was one of the...

elected Member of Parliament for Leicestershire in the Short Parliament He was re-elected MP for Leicestershire for the Long Parliament in November 1640...

adopted in England. This was acceptable to the majority of the English Long Parliament, as many MPs were Presbyterians, while others preferred allying with...