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
By the "Grand Remonstrance" the parliament tried to seize on the royal power. p.
From Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. by Daniel Defoe
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 Hendrik Willem Van Loon
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 Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
The "Long Parliament," 1640; Impeachment of Strafford and Laud; the "Grand Remonstrance."
From The Leading Facts of English History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery
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