biography
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| lived:
| (1594–1643)
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| biography:
| English parliamentarian and patriot, born in London, UK. He studied at Oxford, became a lawyer, and in 1621 an MP. His opposition to Charles I's financial measures led to his imprisonment (1627–8), and in 1634 he became famous for refusing to pay Charles's imposed levy for outfitting the navy (‘ship money’). A member of both the Short and the Long Parliaments, he was one of the five members whose attempted seizure by Charles (1642) precipitated the Civil War. He fought for the Parliamentary army at Edgehill and Reading, but was killed at Thame. |
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