Five Members
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The Five Members were Members of Parliament whom King Charles I attempted to arrest on 4 January 1642. King Charles I entered the English House of Commons, accompanied by armed soldiers, during a sitt
Lenthall kneels to Charles during the attempted arrest of the Five Members. Victorian painting by Charles West Cope
The Flight of the Five Members, 1642, showing the Five Members fleeing Westminster by boat to the City. (John Seymour Lucas, 1915)
English Civil War
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The English Civil War or Great Rebellion was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 163
Five Members
…Alston Charles' attempt to coerce Parliament by force failed, turned many against him, and was one of the events leading directly to the outbreak of civil war later in 1642. The relationship between the House of Commons and Charles I of England had become increasingly fraught during 1641. The king believed…
The Battle of Naseby, 14 June 1645, a Parliamentarian victory considered to be the turning point of the English Civil War
Charles I believed in the divine right of kings; painting by Van Dyck
Henrietta Maria, painted by Peter Lely, 1660
A sitting of the Long Parliament, 1640