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Arrest of Members of Parliament

England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1648Date range
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Chronological records

1648

Thomas Pride6 December 1648

Westminster · Warfare / Civil War

Pride's troops arrest dozens of MPs during the purge that leaves the reduced House later known as the Rump Parliament.

Names involved

Thomas Pride

Provenance

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