John Ruth Pym ( born John Pym ; 1584 - December 8, 1643 ) is an English politician, leader of the Long Parliament , an eloquent critic of royal authority. The order of Charles I on the arrest of Pym and another 4 members of parliament served as the occasion for the English Revolution .
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Studied at Oxford ; held a position in the treasury at one time, where he probably acquired the distinguishing financial experience. In 1621, Pym joined parliament and soon came forward as one of the leaders of the opposition. In 1626, Pym was among Buckingham's accusers; in 1628 he stood for the Petition for Rights. From the moment a short parliament was convened ( 1640 ), Pim's influence began. He made a lengthy speech about the abuses of the royal government in the non-parliamentary period and proposed to make peace with Scotland a condition for the granting of subsidies to the king.
According to the dissolution of the Short Parliament, Pym, together with S. John, filed a petition for 12 peers, in which they insisted on the abolition of abuses in the convening of a new parliament. Pim traveled to almost all of England, popularized his principles and recruited supporters.
In the Long Parliament (November 1640), Pym prosecuted Strafford and held a demand for three-year parliamentary periods. In the process of Strafford, Pim initially insisted, contrary to the majority of his party, on charges of treason, but for the inability to bring the actions of the accused under the law, he had to agree to be condemned by the House through bill of achievedder . Expressing the desire of the parliamentary majority to limit royal arbitrariness, Pym demanded the responsibility of the ministers to parliament.
He failed to reach an agreement between the two parties that formed on the church issue. In the preparation of the Great Restoration (November 1641), the proposal supported by him to subordinate the church to parliament control prevailed. The result of the refurbishment was the king’s failed attempt to arrest Pym along with other members of parliament under the guise of accusation of treason. Deputies, threatened with arrest, took refuge in the City; they were followed by parliament. Upon the removal of the king from London, Pym became the chief director of parliamentary politics.
His most important achievements were: the conclusion of an alliance with the Scottish Presbyterians and clever financial measures that made it possible to continue the war. "King Pym," as supporters called him, did not live to see the triumph of parliament. He can be recognized as one of the founders of parliamentary rule in England; under the influence of his skillful tactics, parliament for the first time begins to act methodically, develops solid techniques. Pim was far from political and church radicalism and always sought support in tradition and law; only the impossibility of an agreement with the king made him move to the new principle of parliamentary supremacy.
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- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118793721 // General Normative Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ British Museum person-institution thesaurus
- ↑ Pas L. v. Genealogics - 2003. - ed. size: 683713
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ The Peerage