“Privileges of Parliament were not given for the ornament of the members, but for the service of the King and Commonwealth.”

— John Pym

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About John Pym

Politician • English

John Pym was a prominent English parliamentarian and a leader of the opposition to King Charles I. He was one of the Five Members whom the King tried to arrest in the House of Commons in 1642, an event that precipitated...

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