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SparkNotes: Oliver Cromwell: Refusing a Crown  The Humble Petition offered Cromwell the crown, and he agonized over whether ... Eventually, Cromwell turned down the chance to be officially named King, ... When Parliament came back into session in the fall of 1657, it proved to be less ... few months, until Oliver Cromwell died of pneumonia on September three, 1658.
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Oliver Cromwell - British History - HISTORY.com  After the death of Charles I, Cromwell served in the Rump Parliament and set to reform ... Although he became one of the most famous figures in English history, Oliver ... kingdoms [England, Wales, and Scotland] without the name of a king but with ... traditional political nation to his regime; yet in 1657 he rejected a proposal,...
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BBC - History - British History in depth: Oliver Cromwell  Feb 17, 2011 ... Oliver Cromwell rose from the middle ranks of English society to be Lord Protector ... He stayed and became more radical in his religion - he regularly preached at ... He was also prominent in the campaign to force the king into calling annual ... But in the winter of 1644/5 he returned to Parliament and bitterly...
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Parliament of England - Wikipedia  The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of ... This was due in no small part to the fact that King John died in 1216 and was succeeded by his young son Henry III. Leading peers ..... In 1657 he had the Parliament of Scotland unified with the English Parliament. In terms of the...
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The man who wouldn't be king - New Statesman  Dec 29, 2010 ... But who was this reluctant republican  and could he be the ... Some time in the late 17th century it was recovered by a soldier, became a bizarre ... For a man who had been Lord Protector of England, Scotland and ... wearing the crown, the hero of liberty who shot down the Levellers, ..... Subscription offer.
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The life of Oliver Cromwell - Historic UK  It was not until the English civil wars of the 1640s that he had the opportunity to rise to ... Following the King's execution in 1649, The Commonwealth of England was ... to the restoration of Parliament and the monarchy in 1660 under Charles II. ... were removed from Westminster Abbey because her body was not exhumed...
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Scotland, England and France - The Reformation of 1560 - NQ ...  In 1295, Scotland made an alliance with France against England that ... There was an immediate problem about who was to run the country for the baby queen. ... Henry VIII tried to force the Scots into to agreeing to Queen Mary marrying Prince ... His young son became King Edward VI of England and Hertford governed the...
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Final Exam - Scribd  King James I, his queen, and his oldest son on November 5, 1605. ... believed to have warned his Catholic brother-in-law Lord Monteagle not to attend Parliament on ... The plot bitterly intensified Protestant suspicions of ... Theobalds, Hertfordshire, England), king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and first
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Oliver Cromwell - Wikipedia  Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599  3 September 1658) was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ... On 20 April 1653, he dismissed the Rump Parliament by force, setting up a short-lived nominated assembly known as Barebone's Parliament,...
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Donne, John (1573-1631) (DNB00) - Wikisource, the free online library  Jan 29, 2011 ... 6), and by entering before that age an undergraduate escaped the burden which was .... He had attracted the notice of the king and was kept in occasional ... One day at the king's table Donne threw out a new suggestion, 'There ..... 'The First Sermon Preached to King Charles, At Saint James, 3 April 1625.
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Edward VIII abdication crisis - Wikipedia  In 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King-Emperor Edward VIII .... At a tearful departure, the King told her, "I shall never give you up. .... In the proposed speech, Edward indicated his desire to remain on the throne or to...
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Charles I of England - Wikipedia  Charles I was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March ... The monarchy was abolished and a republic called the Commonwealth of .... Charles refused to dismiss his friend, dismissing Parliament instead. ... The following eleven years, during which Charles ruled England without a...
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March 10th 1629: Charles I dissolves Parliament ...  Mar 10, 2016 ... On this day in 1629, King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland ... to the throne in 1625 upon the death of his father King James I, becoming the ... Charles dissolved Parliament three times, the last time being on March 10th ... as the King raised taxes and persecuted Puritans and Catholics, leading to...
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BBC - History : British History Timeline  James's accession meant that the three separate kingdoms of England, ... by the victorious English government of Ireland and allowed to retain their lands ... This marked the end of the power of Ireland's Gaelic aristocracy. .... Determined not to accept the new prayer book which Charles I was trying to .... 16 December 1653.
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John | king of England | Britannica.com  Jun 3, 2016 ... Henry's plan (1173) to assign to John, his favourite son (whom he had ... In April 1193 he was forced to accept a truce but made further .... signed the Magna Carta, which limited the power of the monarchy. ... Vicious, shameless, and ungrateful, King John has been called the worst king ever to rule England.
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1787: Chief Justice Nomination Rejected -- December 15, 1795  1787: Chief Justice Nomination Rejected -- December 15, 1795. ... By a vote of 10 to 14, it rejected President George Washington's nomination of South Carolina's John ... Born to one of Charleston's elite families, John Rutledge rapidly gained ... Senate quickly confirmedRutledge as the first U.S. Supreme Court's senior...
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BBC - History - King Charles I  Read a biography about Charles I - king of England, Scotland and Ireland. Discover why his conflicts with parliament led to civil war and his eventual execution. ... On the death of Elizabeth I in 1603 James became king of England and Ireland. Charles's ... Charles dissolved parliament three times between 1625 and 1629.
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Charles II of England - Wikipedia  Charles II (29 May 1630  6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He ... After 1660, all legal documents were dated as if he had succeeded his father as .... Cromwell was appointed Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, ..... Charles faced a political storm over the succession to the Throne.
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The Execution of Charles I, 1649 - EyeWitness to History  His troubles began the moment he ascended the throne in 1625 upon the death ... The following year the Irish revolted against English rule while the determination of King and Parliament to assert their ... to the place of execution, where his head should be severed from his body." ... January 30, 1649 was a bitterly cold day.
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Rump Parliament - Wikipedia  The Rump Parliament was the English Parliament after Colonel Thomas Pride purged the Long Parliament, on 6 December 1648, of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason. "Rump" normally means the hind end of an animal; its use meaning .... During the time of the Commonwealth of England (16491653), the Rump...
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Biography of Oliver Cromwell - BCW Project  Oct 17, 2012 ... Lord Protector of England from 1654-8, he was offeredand ... Cromwell experienced a profound spiritual awakening that left him with deep .... Commonwealth was governed by the so-called Rump Parliament and the Council of State. ... life and formally installed at Westminster Hall on 16 December 1653.