A Remonstrance of the State of the Kingdom

Written by Henry Elsynge, an English administrator, who acted as clerk of the House of Commons, and wrote on parliamentary procedure, the following document was also known as The Grand Remonstrance – a list of grievances presented to King Charles I of England by the English Parliament on 1 December 1641, but passed by the House of Commons on 22 November 1641, during the Long Parliament. It was one of the chief events which were to precipitate the English Civil War.