House of Lords Scotland and Ireland. The House of Lords was reduced to a largely powerless body, with Cromwell and his supporters in the Commons dominating the Government. On 19 March 1649, the House of Lords was abolished by an Act of Parliament, which declared that "The Commons of England [find] by too long experience that the House of Lords is useless and dangerous to the people of England." The House of Lords did not assemble again until the Convention Parliament met in 1660 and the monarchy was restored. It returned to its former position as the more powerful chamber of Parliament—a position
Gil Carrillo de Albornoz (1579–1649) Jules Mazarin. Although he was urged to return to Spain, he continued residing in Rome until his death on 19 December 1649. He was buried in the church of S. Anna nel Quirinale, Rome. Gil Carrillo de Albornoz (1579–1649) Gil Carrillo de Albornoz (1579 – 19 December 1649), called Egidio Carillo Albornozio in Italian sources, was a Spanish Catholic Cardinal who led the Spanish delegation at the papal conclave of 1644. Albornoz was born in 1579 in Talavera de la Reina, Spain, the son of "Francisco de Albornoz" (a Knight of the Military Order of Calatrava) and "Felipa de Espinosa"