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The Grand Remonstrance was a list of grievances presented to King Charles I of England by the English Parliament on 1 December 1641, but passed by the House of Commons on 22 November 1641, during the Long Parliament. [1] It was one of the chief events which was to precipitate the English Civil War. [2]
This changed after the Grand Remonstrance in November 1641, when constitutional monarchists like Clarendon switched sides, arguing Parliament now wanted too much. [15] Where Pym differed from Clarendon, and many of his own colleagues, was recognising Charles would not keep commitments he felt had been forced from him.
Full text of the act Abolishing the Star Chamber 5 July 1641; Full text of the Act Declaring the Illegality of Ship-money 7 August 1641; Full Text of the Grand Remonstrance, with the Petition accompanying it. 22 November 1641; Full text of the King's Answer to the Petition Accompanying the Grand Remonstrance 23 December 1641
1 December – the Grand Remonstrance is presented to the King, [1] who makes no response to it until Parliament has the document published and released publicly. 7 December – a bill for the Militia Ordinance is introduced by Arthur Haselrig , an anti-monarchist member of the House of Commons, proposing for the first time to allow Parliament ...
Following the Grand Remonstrance of 1641, Hyde became an informal adviser to the King. He left London about 20 May 1642 and rejoined the king at York . [ 14 ] In February 1643, Hyde was knighted and was officially appointed to the Privy Council ; the following month he was made Chancellor of the Exchequer.
In November 1641, the House of Commons passed the Grand Remonstrance, a long list of grievances against actions by Charles's ministers committed since the beginning of his reign (that were asserted to be part of a grand Catholic conspiracy of which the king was an unwitting member), [186] but it was in many ways a step too far by Pym and passed ...
October, outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 1 December – The Grand Remonstrance is presented to the King December – The Long Parliament passes the Bishops Exclusion Act
The idea of a national assembly of theologians to advise Parliament on further church reforms was first presented to the House of Commons in 1641. Such a proposal was also included in the Grand Remonstrance, a list of grievances which Parliament presented to Charles on 1 December that year. [15]