Colonel Thomas Pride was central to one of the English Civil War\'s key events: the arrest and exclusion of 140 Members of Parliament at Westminster in December 1648.
Those that remained in the House of Commons - the Rump - voted to bring King Charles I to trial, which resulted in the first and only public execution of a British monarch, but while t.
Colonel Thomas Pride was central to one of the English Civil War\'s key events: the arrest and exclusion of 140 Members of Parliament at Westminster in December 1648