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
John Sumner (actor, died 1649) He probably also played in the company's production of John Ford's "Love's Sacrifice" as well. The roles he played tended to be young male leads and vigorous dashing figures, which reveals something about the kind of actor he was. James Wright's "Historia Histrionica" (1699) states that Sumner was a roommate of Richard Perkins, fellow actor with the Queen's company. As Wright put it, "Perkins and Sumner of the Cockpit [Theatre] kept house together in Clerkenwell, and were there buried..." The date of Sumner's death is not known, although he was buried on 24 May 1649. John Sumner (actor, died 1649)