The Search for a settled government - Rump and Barebones
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- The Search for a settled government - Rump and Barebones
- Rump Parliament
- Successes
- Ireland
- Sent Cromwell to Ireland to put end to civil war there
- English control more firmly established - Catholic landowners estates confiscated
- Scotland
- Charles' son used Scotland springboard for the restoration of monarchy
- Cromwell defeated Scots, attempt to gain throne thwarted
- No further Royalist uprisings
- Cromwell defeated Scots, attempt to gain throne thwarted
- Charles' son used Scotland springboard for the restoration of monarchy
- War against Dutch
- Passed 2 Navigation Acts (1650+51) - led to naval war but English victory
- Gained support
- Jan 1650 - all officers took Engagement (Oath of Allegiance) to Rump
- 1649 - Rump used this to purge local committees of its enemies
- Jan 1650 - all officers took Engagement (Oath of Allegiance) to Rump
- Eased financial problems
- Used confiscated land (from Royalists, Crown + Church) to pay soldiers + mount campaigns
- Kept taxation levels high
- April 1653 debt = > £1million
- Radical groups
- LEVELLERS mutiny 1649 quickly dealt with, 4 leaders put in Tower
- RANTERS = anti-religious sect posing little threat but exaggerated by Rump
- DIGGERS wanted communist society but very small threat
- FIFTH MONARCHISTS believed end of world was at hand + wanted to abolish legal system - importance exaggerated
- Ireland
- Failures
- Reforms of legal system
- Summer 1649 measures to relieve those imprisoned for debt defeated
- 1650 Rump declared all legal cases be conducted in English
- Deep division over religion
- If they had imposed a religious settlement there may have been unrest
- CofE effectively dismantled
- Ratified tithes so that all must pay for ministers upkeep - not just those who attended services
- Electoral reform
- many wanted regular elections
- 3 plans produced but none acted on
- Self-perpetuating
- Cromwell dissolved it as it had sat too long + failed to hold fresh elections
- Also thought they would hold elections that may bring back Royalists
- Cromwell dissolved it as it had sat too long + failed to hold fresh elections
- Reforms of legal system
- Successes
- Barebones Parliament
- Reasons for failure
- Cromwell opted for Nominated Assembly
- Some wanted Executive Council of State dominated by army leaders, others wanted nominated assembly of saints
- Seen as a body designed to draw up new constitution
- once it met, decided to call itself a parliament
- Radicals
- Small in numbers but tended to dominate discussion
- Wanted Godly reform
- Small in numbers but tended to dominate discussion
- Reform sounded radical
- Really they just threatened too many vested interests
- First assembly to have representative from Ireland + Scotalns
- Cromwell opted for Nominated Assembly
- What they wanted
- Law put into pocketsize book, abolition of Court of Chancery + tithes + gentlemen's right to nominate men to church livings
- Also law of Moses which represented attack on property to gentry
- What they did
- Sensible reforms
- Act to settle Ireland
- Act to link Scotland, England and Ireland
- 1653 Civil Marriage Act to allow marriage outside of church
- Radical reforms
- Aug 1653, voted to abolish Court of Chancery
- only saved by dissolution of Barebones
- Aug 1653, voted in favour of Abolition of Tithes
- Too much for moderate members
- While Radicals attended prayer meeting, Moderates came to chamber + voted themselves out of existence
- Aug 1653, voted to abolish Court of Chancery
- Sensible reforms
- Reasons for failure
- Rump Parliament
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