Grand Remonstrance

British  

noun

1. English history the document prepared by the Long Parliament in 1640 listing the evils of the king's government, the abuses already rectified, and the reforms Parliament advocated

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Example Sentences

Members quoted from thumb-marked copies of the Bill of Rights and the Grand Remonstrance, which the House addressed to Charles I in 1641.

From Time Magazine Archive

He listened with tolerable calmness to their Grand Remonstrance, but his attempt to seize the five members whom he accused of high treason made a good understanding impossible.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various

The "Long Parliament," 1640; Impeachment of Strafford and Laud; the "Grand Remonstrance."

From The Leading Facts of English History by Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry)

The Grand Remonstrance of the House of Commons was presented to Charles in December, 1641.

From The Rise of the Democracy by Clayton, Joseph

Charles the First gave up half the prerogatives of his crown to the Commons; and the Commons sent him in return the Grand Remonstrance.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron