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9 lug 2024 · The Speech or Declaration of John Pym, Esq; My LORDS, Many Days have been spent, in maintenance of the Impeachment of the Earl of Strafford, by the House of Commons, whereby he stands charged with High-Treason; and your Lordships have heard his Defence with Patience, and with as much Favour as Justice would allow.
4 giorni fa · The reform movement in the Commons was led by John Pym, a minor Somerset landowner, who was prominent by his oratorical skills in debate and his political skills in committee. Pym was a moderate, and for the next three years he ably steered compromises between those who wanted too much and those who would settle for too little.
3 giorni fa · John Pym, a distinguished member of the House of Commons in the seventeenth century, resided here for several years. Count D'Estrades, who came to England to negotiate the sale of Dunkirk, as ambassador from Louis XIV., fixed his abode at Chelsea during the years 1661 and 1662.
19 ore fa · Yet this day, being Thursday the said 12th day of February, the Duke of Richmond and Lennox, Lord High Steward of his Majesty's Household, about 8 of the clock in the forenoon, came into the outward room of the House of Commons, where being attended by Mr. [John] Benbow, deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, with a roll of the names ...
18 giu 2024 · Oliver Cromwell, English soldier and statesman, who led parliamentary forces in the English Civil Wars and was lord protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1653–58) during the republican Commonwealth. Learn more about the life and accomplishments of Cromwell in this article.
- The son of Robert Cromwell—a member of one of Queen Elizabeth I’s parliaments, a landlord, and a justice of the peace—Oliver Cromwell also was desc...
- In religious matters, Oliver Cromwell, a Puritan, believed that individual Christians could establish direct contact with God through prayer and th...
- As one of the generals on the parliamentary side in the English Civil Wars (1642–51) against Charles I, Oliver Cromwell helped overthrow the Stuart...
- Oliver Cromwell’s victories at home and abroad helped to enlarge and sustain a Puritan attitude of mind in Great Britain and North America that lon...
2 lug 2024 · John Pym, Sir Thomas Fairfax and Henry Ireton emerge covered in glory, while Cromwell is repeatedly supported and praised, even – perhaps especially – when in conflict with fellow parliamentarians deemed to be holding back the cause.
3 giorni fa · Its majority faction, led by John Pym, used this appeal for money as a chance to discuss grievances against the Crown and oppose the idea of an English invasion of Scotland.
