Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 1st13 April 1640
Ashley-Cooper sits for Tewkesbury when the Short Parliament assembles.
England · Government / Government of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Ashley-Cooper sits for Tewkesbury when the Short Parliament assembles.
Holles is returned for Dorchester when Parliament meets in April.
Pym is returned for Tavistock and prepares to lead opposition in the Commons.
St John enters the Short Parliament after his prominent legal opposition to ship money.
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