Nominated Assembly

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The Nominated Assembly, also known as Barebone's Parliament, was a short-lived 1653 English legislative body of handpicked members that briefly governed during Oliver Cromwell’s Interregnum.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nominated Assembly canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English legislative body ⓘ
historical legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Barebone's Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
Barebones Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parliament of Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy Army Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith English Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Model Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
context post-regicide republican experiment ⓘ
country England ⓘ
dissolvedBy Council of Officers NERFINISHED ⓘ
self-dissolution ⓘ
endTime 1653-12-12 ⓘ
establishedBy Instrument of Government precursor arrangements ⓘ
followedBy First Protectorate Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingAuthority Commonwealth of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType unicameral legislature ⓘ
historicalEra English Civil War and Interregnum period NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Ireland (claimed) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scotland (claimed) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus de facto parliament ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Commonwealth of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativePeriod Interregnum NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativePower supreme authority in the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
memberSelectionBasis godliness ⓘ
reputation for piety ⓘ
metInBuilding Palace of Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Praise-God Barebone NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor attempts at law reform ⓘ
debates on church establishment ⓘ
debates on tithes ⓘ
radical social and legal reform proposals ⓘ
numberOfMembers 140 ⓘ
approximately 140 ⓘ
partOf English Interregnum NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalOrientation Puritan ⓘ
precededBy Rump Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForDissolution conservative opposition to radical reforms ⓘ
internal division ⓘ
reasonForNickname named after member Praise-God Barebone NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousOrientation Independent Puritan ⓘ
selectionMethod nomination ⓘ
startTime 1653-07-04 ⓘ
timeInExistence about five months ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barebone's Parliament → alsoKnownAs → Nominated Assembly ⓘ