Long Parliament 1640

E7801

English Parliament historical legislature parliament

The Long Parliament of 1640 was the English Parliament that sat, with interruptions, from 1640 until 1660 and played a central role in challenging Charles I’s authority and precipitating the English Civil War.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Long Parliament	35
English Long Parliament	3
calling of the Long Parliament	2
Convention Parliament of 1660	1
Long Parliament (full, unreduced)	1
Long Parliament (in practice)	1
Long Parliament 1640 canonical	1
Long Parliament of 1640	1
Pride's Purge	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English Parliament ⓘ historical legislature ⓘ parliament ⓘ
abolishedInstitution	High Commission Court ⓘ Star Chamber ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ surface form: English Long Parliament Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ surface form: Long Parliament of 1640
attemptedArrestBy	Charles I of England ⓘ
chamber	House of Commons of England ⓘ House of Lords ⓘ surface form: House of Lords of England
city	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
conflictWith	Charles I of England ⓘ
contributedTo	Restoration of the monarchy ⓘ surface form: Restoration of Charles II collapse of the English monarchy in 1649 ⓘ establishment of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdBody	Committee of Both Kingdoms ⓘ New Model Army ⓘ surface form: New Model Army (through legislation)
curtailedPrerogative	imprisonment without trial ⓘ royal taxation without parliamentary consent ⓘ use of prerogative courts ⓘ
enacted	Act against Dissolution without Consent of Parliament ⓘ Grand Remonstrance ⓘ Root and Branch Petition measures ⓘ Triennial Act 1641 ⓘ
endDate	1660-03-16 ⓘ
event	Pride's Purge ⓘ surface form: Pride’s Purge 1648 attempted arrest of the Five Members in 1642 ⓘ
governedDuring	Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell ⓘ surface form: English Interregnum (in part)
historicalSignificance	central role in limiting royal authority in England ⓘ key institution in the development of parliamentary sovereignty in England ⓘ
interruptedBy	Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
interruptionEvent	dissolution by force in 1653 ⓘ
keyFigure	Denzil Holles ⓘ Lord Clarendon ⓘ surface form: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon Henry Vane the Younger ⓘ John Pym ⓘ Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
limitedPowerOf	English monarchy ⓘ
location	Palace of Westminster ⓘ
monarchAtRestoration	Charles II of England ⓘ
monarchAtStart	Charles I of England ⓘ
oversaw	trial of Charles I ⓘ
passed	Self-Denying Ordinance ⓘ
phase	Pride's Purge ⓘ surface form: Pride’s Purge Rump Parliament ⓘ
predecessor	Short Parliament 1640 ⓘ surface form: Short Parliament
purgedBy	Thomas Pride ⓘ
reasonForSummons	need to raise funds for the Bishops’ Wars ⓘ
recalledIn	1659 ⓘ
resultedIn	execution of Charles I ⓘ
roleIn	outbreak of the English Civil War ⓘ
sideInCivilWar	Parliamentarian side ⓘ
startDate	1640-11-03 ⓘ
succeededBy	Long Parliament 1640 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Convention Parliament of 1660
summonedBy	Charles I of England ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

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

Charles I of England → notableEvent → Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ

New Model Army → participatedIn → Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pride's Purge

Personal Rule (1629–1640) → significantEvent → Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ

this entity surface form: calling of the Long Parliament

Long Parliament 1640 → alsoKnownAs → Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ

subject surface form: Long Parliament

this entity surface form: Long Parliament of 1640

Long Parliament 1640 → alsoKnownAs → Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ

subject surface form: Long Parliament

this entity surface form: English Long Parliament

Long Parliament 1640 → succeededBy → Long Parliament 1640 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Long Parliament

this entity surface form: Convention Parliament of 1660

Short Parliament 1640 → followedBy → Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ

subject surface form: Short Parliament