Wentworth Impeachment

• when was Wentworth impeached

  1640
• reasons for wentworths impeachment 1640

  • elimination of advisors would make Charles cooperate with parliament
  • would allow him to be replaces with men who would ensure parliamentary power
• how was Wentworth prosecuted

  bill of attainder 1641
• who pushed for the execution of Wentworth

  • scottish declared they wouldn't make peace until he was dead and no more bishops in Scotland 1641
• how did Charles heighten political tension during wentworths impeachment

  • 1641
  • ordered all officers to return to England seen as a way to turn the army against parliament
  • army plot revealed by pym to seize the Tower of London and release Wentworth
• what did the bill of attainder 1641 pass by

  204 votes to 59
• why did Charles accept the bill of attainder 1641

  • the London crowd growth made him fear for his own safety