William Strode
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William Strode was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1645. He was one of the Five Members whose impeachment and attempted unconstitutional arrest by King
Relief sculpture of Strode
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
William Strode
…before 6 November 1594 – 9 September 1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1645. He was one of the Five Members whose impeachment and attempted unconstitutional arrest by King Charles I in the House of Commons in 1642 sparked the Civil War, during which he fought…
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)