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The next day, soldiers commanded by Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly excluded from the Long Parliament those MPs viewed as their opponents, and arrested 45. The purge cleared the way for the execution of Charles in January 1649, and establishment of the Protectorate in 1653; it is considered the only recorded military coup d'état in English history.
In September 1648, at the end of the Second English Civil War, the Long Parliament was concerned with the increasing radicalism in the New Model Army. The Long Parliament began negotiations with King Charles I. The members wanted to restore the king to power, but wanted to limit the authority he had.
The Parliament of Scotland votes in favour of war with England on behalf of the King. [1] The Parliament of England passes an act against blasphemy. [3] 8 May – Second English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at the Battle of St. Fagans. [1] 1 June – Second English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Maidstone. [1]
Although the parliament was dissolved in 1653 and four intervening parliaments were called, the Long Parliament was reconvened in 1659 for another dissolution. This list contains details of the MPs in the house after 1648. For the original membership of the House of Commons in 1640 see List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1640 ...
After the Long Parliament rejected the Army's Remonstrance [c] by 125 to 58, the Grandees decided to reconstitute Parliament so that it would agree with the Army's position. On 6 December 1648, Colonel Thomas Pride instituted Pride's Purge and forcibly removed from the House of Commons all those who were not supporters of the religious ...
By September 1648 the Second Civil War had been fought and the Royalists, the English Presbyterians, and their Scottish allies had been defeated by the New Model Army at Preston. The Army, now in the ascendancy, wished to resume negotiations with the king so Parliament repealed the measure in September 1648. [2] [3]
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 only three weeks during the spring of 1640 after an 11-year parliamentary absence.
24 April 1648 Ordinance to prevent soldiers from taking Free Quarter. 24 April 1648 Ordinance for raising £6,000 for the 400 soldiers added to the forces already in the Tower of London. 24 April 1648 Ordinance amending those of 15 March 1647–8, and 23 September 1647, for the continuance of the Committee of the Army and Treasurers at War.