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John Pym (1584-1643) – Pivotal Parliamentary figure and opponent of the King
John Pym, who was born in 1584 and died in December 1643, was one of the most important Parliamentary figures in the years leading up to the outbreak of the Civil Wars.
He earned a reputation as a parliamentary revolutionary, leading opposition to the arbitrary rule of Charles I. Throughout this time, Pym’s leadership in the Commons was vital for the Parliamentary cause and as a result unsurprisingly he was one of the five MPs who the King and his soldiers unsuccessfully attempted to arrest in the Commons’ Chamber in January 1642.
After hostilities began Pym played a prominent role in shaping the strategy of the Parliamentary cause, especially in negotiating and establishing the all-important alliance with the Scottish Presbyterians through the Solemn League and Covenant, before his career and life were suddenly ended, probably by cancer.
In this programme, Contributing Editor Professor Andrew Hopper of the University of Oxford discusses the importance of Pym with distinguished historian,
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John Pym
17th-century English statesman and opponent of Charles I
For the Australian rugby player, see John Pym (rugby union).
John Pym (20 May 1584 – 8 December 1643) was an English politician and administrator who played a major role in establishing what would become the modern English Parliamentary system. One of the Five Members whose attempted arrest in January 1642 was a major step in sparking the First English Civil War, his use of procedure to outmanoeuvre opponents was unusual for the period. Though this meant he was respected by contemporaries rather than admired, in 1895 historian Goldwin Smith described him as "the greatest member of Parliament that ever lived".
Pym's father died when he was seven months old, and he was raised by his stepfather Sir Anthony Rous, from whom he inherited his Puritan views and deep opposition to the reforms of Archbishop William Laud. He was also a leading member of the Providence Island Company, which attempted to establish a Puritan colony in Central America.
Described as 'a true revolutionary', he led the opposition to arbitra
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PYM, John (1584-1643), of Westminster, Brymore, Som., Whitchurch and Wherwell, Hants; later of Holborn, Mdx. and Fawsley, Northants
Family and Education
b. 20 May 1584,1 o.s. of Alexander Pym† of Brymore and the M. Temple, and his 2nd w. Philippa, da. of Humphrey Colles of Barton, Pitminster, Som.2educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1599; M. Temple 1602.3m. 28 May 1604,4 Anne (d.1620), da. of John Hooke of Bramshot, Hants, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1585. d. 8 Dec. 1643.5sig. Jo[hn] Pym.
Offices Held
Recvr.-gen. Exchequer, Glos., Hants and Wilts. 1606-39,6 Anne of Denmark 1606-19,7 Prince Henry 1610-12,8 Prince Charles 1616-25;9 commr. disafforestation, Blackmore and Pewsham forests, Wilts. from 1618-c.1623, Braydon forest 1627,10 Forced Loan, Hants 1626-7,11 sewers, I.o.W. 1631, Mdx. 1639,12 depopulation, Glos. 1632, Wilts. 1635,13 encroachments on R. Thames 1636,14 subscriptions, Som. Jan. 1643-d.15
Treas. Providence Is. Co. from 1630, dep. gov. by 1640.16
Member, cttee. of safety 1642-d.,17 Westminster Assembly June 1643-d.,18 Council
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