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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. In September 1640, [1] King Charles I issued writs summoning a parliament to convene on 3 November 1640.
Many who were not officially excluded did not participate in the affairs of the house. 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 elected in 1640 and shortly afterwards.
13 April, first meeting of the Short Parliament; 5 May, Charles dissolves the Short Parliament; 28 October, Charles forced to sign the Treaty of Ripon. 3 November, first meeting of the Long Parliament. 11 December, the Root and Branch Petition submitted to the Long Parliament
The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on 20 February 1640 and sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640. [1] It was so called because of its short session of only three weeks.
17 April – John Pym makes a speech attacking the King in Parliament. [2] 4 May – Oliver St John calls on Parliament to outlaw ship money. [2] 5 May – the King dismisses the Short Parliament and prepares to attack Scotland. [2] 6 May – the Earl of Warwick, Lord Brooke, Lord Saye, John Pym, John Hampden, and Sir Walter Earle arrested. [2]
The fifth and last Parliament of Charles I began at Westminster 3 November 1640 and continued sitting until 20 April 1653, when it was dissolved. By 1645, a considerable proportion of the house had been removed, being expelled for various reasons, disabled for supporting the King, killed in the Civil War or lost through natural causes.
The Long Parliament, which commenced in this reign, had the longest term and the most complex history of any English Parliament. The entry in the first table below ...
The Short Parliament at Westminster began on 13 April 1640, and was held until 5 May. It sat for only 28 days, and was then dissolved. It was followed by the Long Parliament which began sitting in November 1640. Because of the short duration, several electoral disputes were not resolved before it was dissolved so in some instances there is an ...