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The Protestation of 1641 was an attempt to avert the English Civil War. Parliament passed a bill on 3 May 1641 requiring those over the age of 18 to sign the Protestation, an oath of allegiance to King Charles I and the Church of England, as a way to reduce the tensions across the realm. Signing them was a necessity in order to hold public office.
On 1 June 1642 [1] the English Lords and Commons approved a list of proposals known as the Nineteen Propositions, sent to King Charles I of England, who was in York at the time. [2] In these demands, the Long Parliament sought a larger share of power in the governance of the kingdom.
10 August 1641 An Act for the better ordering and regulating of the Office of the Clerk of the Market, allowed and confirmed by this Statute; and for the Reformation of false Weights and Measures. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863 ( 26 & 27 Vict. c. 125))
Barlow surrenders on Easter Sunday, 25 April and is hanged in Lancaster on 10 September; he will be canonized as a saint in 1970. Ward is caught on 15 July and executed in London on 26 July. 21 April – the House of Commons votes 204 to 59 in favor of the conviction for treason and the execution of the Earl of Strafford, and the House of Lords ...
10 August 1642 Ordinance appointing Sir Gilbert Gerrard Treasurer of the Army. 10 August 1642 Ordinance for Henry Herbert to repair to Monmouthshire and publish the Declaration against the Commission of Array. 24 August 1642 An Ordinance for the better observation of the monthly Fast. 26 August 1642 Ordinance for raising money in London.
British Civil Wars: 1641 Time Line; British Civil Wars: 1642 Time Line; Full text of The Triennial Act. 15 February 1641; Full text of the Act against Dissolving the Long Parliament without its own Consent 11 May 1641; Full text of the act Abolishing the Star Chamber 5 July 1641; Full text of the Act Declaring the Illegality of Ship-money 7 ...
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]
The Heads of Proposals was a set of propositions intended to be a basis for a constitutional settlement after King Charles I was defeated in the First English Civil War. [1] The authorship of the Proposals has been the subject of scholarly debate, although it has been suggested that it was drafted in the summer of 1647 by Commissary-General ...