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    Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was...
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    known for giving his name to the Barebone's Parliament of the English Commonwealth of 1653. Little is known of Barebone's early life. Writing in 2001, Nicholas...
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    for the Army to control since Army officers did the nominating. Barebone's Parliament was opposed by former Rumpers and ridiculed by many gentries as...
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    Oliver Cromwell (category English MPs 1653 (Barebones))
    known as the Parliament of Saints, or more commonly and denigratingly called Barebone's Parliament after one of its members, Praise-God Barebone, was tasked...
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    Commonwealth of England, governed by a Lord Protector. It began when Barebone's Parliament was dissolved, and the Instrument of Government appointed Oliver...
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  • with a Nominated Assembly (nicknamed the Parliament of Saints or Barebone's Parliament). This Barebone's Parliament was composed of 140 nominees, 129 from...
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    Richard Cromwell (category Members of the pre-1707 Parliament of England for the University of Cambridge)
    reform the government through an army-nominated assembly known as Barebone's Parliament, but the proposals were so unworkably radical that he was forced...
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    out elections to parliament. Cromwell later convened a parliament of religious radicals in 1653, commonly known as Barebone's Parliament, followed by the...
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    "Assembly of Saints" or Barebone's Parliament (named after one of its members), took on the role of more traditional English parliaments. Richard Cromwell,...
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    in Barebone's Parliament First Protectorate Parliament 1654–1655: Col. George Twisleton 1654–1655: William Foxwist Second Protectorate Parliament 1656–1658:...
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    been agreed. It was followed by Barebone's Parliament and then the First, Second and Third Protectorate Parliaments. After Richard Cromwell, who had...
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    thirteen members seven of whom were Army officers. With the failure of Barebone's Parliament, the Council was re-modelled with the Instrument of Government to...
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    popularly known as "Barebone's Parliament"; out of 149 MPs, 15 can be identified as Fifth Monarchists, including Praise-God Barebone, Carew and Harrison...
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  • 1653), was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Kent in 1653. Parliament, Great Britain (1808). The Parliamentary...
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    wanted a more "godly" parliament. Harrison was a radical member of the Nominated Assembly (Barebones Parliament) that replaced Parliament. When the assembly...
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    was nicknamed the Barebone's Parliament after Praise-God Barebone one of the representatives for the City of London. The parliament first met on 5 July...
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    Praise-God Barebone (or Barbon), the namesake of Barebone's Parliament of 1653, the predecessor of Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate. Praise-God Barebone was a...
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  • force is in the Dissolved column. The Little or Barebone's Parliament was an appointed body. These parliaments included representatives of Scotland and Ireland...
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    Rump dissolved. After an experiment with a Nominated Assembly (Barebone's Parliament), the Grandees in the Army, through the Council of State imposed...
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    Cromwell, Harrison and John Desborough, to sit in the nominated "Barebones Parliament" of 1653; and when the unpopularity of that assembly increased, Cromwell...
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    Switzerland's Entlebuch Valley. July 4 – Barebone's Parliament, named for a prominent Puritan member, Praise-God Barebone, opens its session in London with elected...
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    was a constituency in North Yorkshire in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was represented from 1910 by members of the Conservative Party. The...
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    civilian supporters at the Putney Debates. On 4 January 1649, the Rump Parliament declared "that the people are, under God, the original of all just power;...
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    Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (category Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Wiltshire)
    moderates in Barebone's Parliament, voting against the abolition of tithes. He was one of the members who voted to dissolve Barebone's Parliament on 12 December...
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  • Bare Bones (redirect from Barebone)
    Barebone computer, a type of computer hardware Praise-God Barebone (c. 1598–1679), English leather-seller, preacher and Fifth Monarchist Barebone's Parliament...
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    its replacement with a nominated body known as Barebone's Parliament. However, he supported Parliament's dissolution in December 1653, and Cromwell's subsequent...
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    1520. In 1523 Audley was returned to Parliament for Essex, and represented this constituency in subsequent Parliaments. In 1527 he was Groom of the Chamber...
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    Protectorate Parliament was preceded by the Barebones Parliament and succeeded by the Second Protectorate Parliament. List of parliaments of England List...
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    People and was nominated as MP for Leicestershire in the short-lived Barebone's Parliament of 1653. Following the 1660 Stuart Restoration, he was associated...
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    to John Lambert, a top military figure, and was launched during Barebone's Parliament, when radical change seemed on the cards. Wilkins (as NS) provided...
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