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

Charles promised an answer to the deputation of members who waited upon him with the Grand Remonstrance, and early in the new year came the reply.

From The Rise of the Democracy by Clayton, Joseph

The Grand Remonstrance was only carried by eleven votes in the House of Commons, 159 to 148, after wild scenes.

From The Rise of the Democracy by Clayton, Joseph

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)

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