3. Nominated Assembly

Question 1

When did the Nominated Assembly sit?

Answer 1

30th April 1653 - 12th December 1653

Question 2

What other names were the nominated assembly given?

Answer 2

The Parliament of Saints or Barebones

Question 3

What was the nominated assembly?

Answer 3

• Inspired by the Jewish Sanhedrin Assembly
• Selected from a collection of ‘godly’ men who would reform the nation
• Cromwell saw the collapse of the rump as gods providence, and so pursued a more religious route of government

Question 4

What was the nominated assembly made up of?

Answer 4

140 men - 
129 English 
5 Scots 
5 Irish 
119 of which were JPs

Question 5

What did the nominated assembly achieve?

Answer 5

They passed 30 statutes in the space of 5 months, including….
Debt, civil registration of births, deaths and marriages and treatment of the insane

Question 6

When and why were the nominated assembly dismissed?

Answer 6

They were only intended to be a temporary solution and were dismissed in December

Question 7

The Instrument of Government

Answer 7

THE INSTRUMENT OF GOVERNMENT Dec 1653

• Decreed that Cromwell would become lord protector and would be granted £200,000 a year
• Establishes relationship between Cromwell and parliament e.g. Must be called every 3 years for 5 months at a time
• Vote given to those earning £200 a year