*Pride's Purge and the Rump Pride's Purge took place when troops under the command of Colonel Pride forcibly removed from the House of Commons all the Presbyterians and left less than 100 Independent members to represent the Commons- the Rump. The Rump abolished the House of Lords, passed a resolution that stated that the Commons of England in Parliament assembled have the supreme power in this nation. They also confiscated the Crown, Church, Royalists' lands and sold the outright. *Regicide 1649 The broad definition of regicide is the deliberate killing of a monarch, it refers to the judicial execution of a king after alleged due process of law. King Charles I was executed after losing The Second Civil War to the Parliamentarists. He was a prisoner of the Parliamentarians. When it became obvious to the leaders of the Parliamentarians that they could not negotiate a settlement with him and they could not trust him to refrain from raising
and State Pride´s purge and the Rump Enraged by the Parliaments opposition to the New Model Army, officers dicided to remove those members of parliament they regarded untrustforthy. Acting on the orders of Thomas Pride, they kicked out 143 prebyterian members. The resulting less 100 member parliament is known as Rump They abolished the house of Lords. Confiscated the crown. Set up a commission to try the king. The Rump was dismissed by Regicide 1649 Was the public execution of Charles I in front of Banqueting Hosue, Whuitehall in 1649 He was found guilty of 68 votes to 67. The Comonwealth 1649-1660 Was the republican government of England, between the execution of Charles I and the restoration of Charles II and monarchy in 1660 Consisted of army officers and memberso f the Rump Rebellion against the new rule was put down very bloodily Rump was dissolved after becoming corrupt.