The Bishops Exclusion Bill was passed in the House of Common is March 1641, but was rejected in the House of Lords. Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ...
At the end of 1641 the London mob, probably with the encouragement John Pym or his supporters, prevented bishops taking their seats in the House of Lords. When the bishops complained to Charles I, he was sympathetic to their plight. In the polarised atmosphere of pre-civil war politics this encouraged a majority of both Houses to pass the Bishops Exclusion Act in February 1642 which banned bishops from the House of Lords. John Pym (1584 – December 8, 1643) was an English parliamentarian, leader of the Long Parliament and a prominent critic of James I and then Charles I. Pym was born in Brymore, Somerset, into minor nobility. ... Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. ... The term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between English Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ...
According to John Rushworth (Historical Collections) the word Roundhead was first used on 27 December 1641 by a disbanded officer named David Hide, who during a riot is reported to have drawn his sword and said he would "cut the throat of those round-headed dogs that bawled against bishops." Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (December 5, 1859- November 20, 1935) was a British Royal Navy admiral. ... The Roundheads was the nickname given to supporters of the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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This article incorporates text from the1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain.from the article ROUNDHEAD
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