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Pride's Purge is the name commonly given to an event that took place on 6 December 1648, when soldiers prevented members of Parliament considered hostile to the New Model Army from entering the House of Commons of England. Despite defeat in the First English Civil War, Charles I retained significant political power.
Thomas Pride was born in Ashcott, Somerset, son of William Pride, a local tradesman.His exact date of birth is unknown but he was apprenticed to a City of London merchant in January 1622 and since the normal age for this was between 14 and 17 years old, he was probably born between 1606 and 1608.
The Rump Parliament was the English Parliament after Colonel Thomas Pride had commanded his soldiers, on 6 December 1648, to purge the Long Parliament of members against the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason.
Squire Bence died 1648; Alexander Bence excluded in Pride's Purge Sudbury (Sir) Simonds d'Ewes Brampton Gurdon: d'Ewes secluded in Pride's Purge Eye: Morris Barrow Sir Roger North: Barrow and North both secluded in Pride's Purge Bury St Edmunds: Sir Thomas Barnardiston Sir William Spring: Spring secluded in Pride's Purge
6 December – Pride's Purge: Troops of the New Model Army under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride (and under the orders of General Ireton) arrest or exclude Presbyterian members of the Long Parliament who are not supporters of the Army's Grandees or Independents, creating the Rump Parliament [3] which on 13 December annuls the Treaty of Newport.
The Army, furious that Parliament continued to countenance Charles as a ruler, then marched on Parliament and conducted "Pride's Purge", named after the commanding officer of the operation, Thomas Pride, in December 1648. [119] Troops arrested 45 members and kept 146 out of the chamber.
On 6 December 1648, in an event known as Pride's Purge, troops of the New Model Army under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from parliament all those who were not Independents or Army supporters. [8] Lenthall remained silent, and had probably been warned in advance. [8]
Thomas Pride: Dead Died 1658. Posthumous execution alongside Cromwell, Ireton and Bradshaw was ordered but not carried out [35] 16 Peter Temple: Alive Brought to trial, sentenced to death but sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. He died in the Tower of London in 1663 [36] 17 Thomas Harrison: Alive First to be found guilty.