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Although an exact number is unknown, it is estimated that there were about 210 members of the Rump Parliament, or less than half the membership of the Long Parliament (470 members) before Pride's Purge.
Article History. Rump Parliament, in the period of the English Commonwealth, the phase of the Long Parliament (q.v.) following the expulsion of 121 members unacceptable to the rebel army in 1648. World History Wars, Battles & Armed Conflicts.
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May 18, 2018 · Rump Parliament (1648–53) Name given to the Long Parliament in England after 140 members were expelled. Unrepresentative and quarrelsome, Oliver Cromwell dissolved it in 1653. It was recalled after the collapse of the Protectorate in 1659, and expelled members were reinstated.
It is impossible to determine exactly how many members sat in parliament during the Rump period, but the number is unlikely to have been significantly smaller or larger than 213. Of these numbers, nine - unlike their colleagues - were elected to parliament only after the purge, as a result of by-elections held on the deaths of certain of the ...
Pride's Purge left a 'Rump' (as it came to be called) of barely 200 Members. Among these, a determined clique unilaterally forced through an 'Act' on 6 January 1649, establishing a court to try Charles I for high treason - ignoring the negative vote a few days before of the small number of peers still sitting in the Lords.
The 144 Members of this Parliament were not elected, but selected by the Army officers for their "godly" religious fervour.
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An army coup in 1648, Pride's Purge, removed from the Long Parliament those determined to continue negotiations with the King, leaving a smaller group of Members, nicknamed the 'Rump' Parliament. The Rump executed the King in January 1649 and declared a Republic, only to be itself removed by the Army, now led by Cromwell, in April 1653.
