England · Government / Government of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Expels 140 Presbyterians & Royalists from Parliament, creating the rump Parliament. Divisions emerge culminating in Prides Purge when, under the orders of Oliver Cromwell's son-in-law Henry Ireton, Colonel Pride physically bars about half of the members of Parliament from taking their seats
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