Grand Remonstrance
Britishnoun
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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
The year of the Grand Remonstrance and agitation for the suppression of Episcopacy. p.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague
Finally on December 1, 1641, they presented to the King a "Grand Remonstrance" which gave a detailed account of the many grievances of the people against their Ruler.
From The Story of Mankind by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
According to Clarendon he told the latter in 1641 that if the Grand Remonstrance had not passed “he would have sold all he had the next morning and never have seen England more.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 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)
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