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The Rump Parliament was the English Parliament after Colonel Thomas Pride had commanded his soldiers, on 6 December 1648, to purge the Long Parliament of members against the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason.
Rump Parliament: Formed after Pride's Purge on December 6, 1648, this parliamentary body emerged during a tumultuous period in English history and held significant legislative influence.
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.
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On 6 December 1648 Colonel Thomas Pride and his soldiers stood outside the entrance to St Stephen's Chapel and, as the Commons convened that morning, arrested 45 Members and excluded a further 186 whom the Army thought were unlikely to support its goal of punishing the King.
Sep 22, 2024 · Rump Parliament. Quick Reference. The remnant of the English Long Parliament, which continued to sit after Pride's Purge (1648). In 1649 it ordered Charles I's execution, abolished both monarchy and House of Lords, and established the Commonwealth.
May 18, 2018 · Claiming to be the representative of the sovereign people, it assumed full legislative authority, and its early acts (January–May 1649) set up the tribunal that sentenced Charles I to death, abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords, and declared England to be a commonwealth.
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Aug 2, 2024 · By 1653, when the Rump had become wholly discredited in radical eyes, the Fifth Monarchists were prepared to do away with parliamentary institutions; yet even Barebone's assembly which succeeded the Rump was modelled, as far as was compatible with the saintly programme, on previous parliaments.
