Portrait of John Pym (1584–643) by or after Edward Bower, oil on canvas,

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Pym was an English parliamentarian, leader of the Long Parliament and prominent critic of Kings James I and then Charles I. He was one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest by King Charles I in the House of Commons in 1642 sparked the Civil War. In addition to this Pym accused Archbishop William Laud (the king's adviser) of trying to convert England back to Catholicism.

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