jdmccafferty29 Mar 1626: Charles I defends the Duke of Buckingham against #Parliament in a speech written by William Laud #otd #HistParl Almost exactly year earlier on his deathbed, James VI & I had asked Charles to protect Buckingham.
6 July 1540: A parliamentary delegation petition Henry VIII for an ecclesiastical investigation into the legitimacy of his marriage to Anne of Cleves #otd (St John’s Oxford) Annullment pronounced on 9th. #HistParl
The Victorian CommonsThis year marks the 190th anniversary of the 1835 election and the 160th anniversary of the 1865 election. In our latest post Dr Kathryn Rix looks at how electioneering had evolved in the 30 years between these two contests. #HistParl
https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2025/05/15/the-evolving-electoral-system-the-1835-and-1865-general-elections-compared/
https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2025/05/15/the-evolving-electoral-system-the-1835-and-1865-general-elections-compared/
15 Apr 1641: Lucius Cary 2nd Viscount Falkland advocates a doctrine of 'cumulative treason' against the Earl of Strafford viceroy of #Ireland #otd (NPG) #HistParl
30 Mar 1534: The eloquence of Sir Humphrey Wingfield, Speaker of the House of Commons is commended #otd as he presents #parliament's Bills to Henry VIII (NPG) #HistParl
29 Mar 1626: Charles I defends the Duke of Buckingham against #Parliament in a speech written by William Laud #otd #HistParl Almost exactly year earlier on his deathbed, James VI & I had asked Charles to protect Buckingham.
10 Mar 1629: Charles I dissolves #Parliament #otd starts his personal rule in England, until 1640 and the outcomes we know... #HistParl
4 Jan 1681: Charles II makes it clear to #Parliament that he will not accept any form of Exclusion legislation #HistParl
18 Dec 1640: William Laud Archbishop of #Canterbury impeached #otd for High Treason. Harbottle Grimston MP describes him as 'the sty of all pestilential filth that hath infected the State & Government'.
Ouch. #HistParl #Impeachment
