What name is given to the Parliament, those who remained after 'Pride's Purge', dismissed by Cromwell on 20th April 1653?
Oliver Cromwell a series of Penal Laws were passed against Roman Catholics (a significant minority in England and Scotland but the vast majority in Ireland), and a substantial amount of their land was confiscated. Cromwell also led a campaign against the Scottish army between 1650 and 1651. On 20 April 1653, he dismissed the Rump Parliament by force, setting up a short-lived nominated assembly known as Barebone's Parliament before being invited by his fellow leaders to rule as Lord Protector of England (which included Wales at the time), Scotland, and Ireland from 16 December 1653. As a ruler, he executed an aggressive
Henry Cromwell summer of 1648 Henry Cromwell appears to have been serving under his father in the north of England. In February 1650 Cromwell had attained the rank of colonel, and followed his father to Ireland with reinforcements. He and Lord Broghill defeated Lord Inchiquin near Limerick in April 1650. In 1653 Cromwell was nominated one of the representatives of Ireland in the Barebones Parliament. On 22 February 1654 Henry Cromwell was enrolled in Gray's Inn (this was merely an honorary registration). After the dissolution of that parliament and the establishment of the Protectorate, his father despatched him to Ireland on a