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William Lenthall (1591–1662) was an English politician of the Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons for a period of almost twenty years, both before and after the execution of King Charles I.
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21 de mar. de 2024 · William Lenthall (born June 1591, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Eng.—died Sept. 3, 1662, Burford, Oxfordshire) was an English Parliamentarian who, as speaker of the House of Commons, was at the centre of repeated struggles between the Parliamentarians and Royalists during the English Civil Wars.
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20 de abr. de 2021 · Four new keepers were then sworn into office by Speaker William Lenthall – the same Speaker who in January 1642 had denied Charles i ’s demand to give up the five members on grounds that he was the Commons’ servant, not the king’s, and was now in 1649 effectively ‘the leading citizen of England’.
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LENTHALL, William (1591-1662), of Lincoln's Inn, London; later of Burford Priory, Oxon. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010. Available from Cambridge University Press. Lenthall, William (1591-1662)
Speaker Lenthall defends Parliament. On 4 January 1642, King Charles I entered the House of Commons to arrest five Members of Parliament for high treason. Speaker Lenthall defied the King to uphold the privileges of Parliament. The King had to leave without arresting the Five Members.
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23 de ago. de 2022 · William Lenthall. (1591-1662), Speaker of the House of Commons. Sitter in 9 portraits. Trained in the law, he was chosen as Speaker of the House at the beginning of the Long Parliament in November 1640. During the civil wars, he sided with Parliament.
