Rump Parliament retirement to declare his support for Monck, Army support for Monck became almost unanimous. Monck entered London in February 1660 and he allowed the Presbyterian members, 'secluded' in Pride's Purge of 1648, to re-enter parliament on 21 February 1660 on the condition that the restored Long Parliament would agree to dissolve themselves once general elections had been held. The "Long Parliament" dissolved itself on 16 March 1660, after preparing legislation for the Convention Parliament that formally invited King Charles II to be the English monarch in what has become known as the Restoration (of the House of Stuart). Rump Parliament
Thomas Freke (1660–1721) daughter and coheiress of Thomas Pile of Baverstock, Wiltshire and Thomas Freke and then secondly married Mary Corbett. He had no children and the Hannington estate passed to his brother William, the Socinian author. Thomas Freke (1660–1721) Thomas Freke (17 January 1660 – 1721), of Hannington, Wiltshire, was an English politician. He was born the eldest son of Thomas Freke of Hinton St. Mary, Dorset and educated at Wadham College, Oxford (1675) and the Middle Temple (1675). He succeeded his great-uncle to Hannington Hall in 1684. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Cricklade in the