Nominated Assembly

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The Nominated Assembly, also known as Barebone's Parliament, was a short-lived 1653 English legislative body of handpicked members that briefly governed during Oliver Cromwell’s Interregnum.

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instanceOf English legislative body
historical legislature
parliament
alsoKnownAs Barebone's Parliament
Barebones Parliament
Parliament of Saints
appointedBy Army Council
Oliver Cromwell
associatedWith English Commonwealth
New Model Army
context post-regicide republican experiment
country England
dissolvedBy Council of Officers
self-dissolution
endTime 1653-12-12
establishedBy Instrument of Government precursor arrangements
followedBy First Protectorate Parliament
governingAuthority Commonwealth of England
governmentType unicameral legislature
historicalEra English Civil War and Interregnum period
jurisdiction England
Ireland (claimed)
linked to: Island of Ireland

Scotland (claimed)
linked to: Scotland

Wales
legalStatus de facto parliament
legislativeBodyFor Commonwealth of England
legislativePeriod Interregnum
legislativePower supreme authority in the Commonwealth of England
location London
linked to: London, England
memberSelectionBasis godliness
reputation for piety
metInBuilding Palace of Westminster
namedAfter Praise-God Barebone
notableFor attempts at law reform
debates on church establishment
debates on tithes
radical social and legal reform proposals
numberOfMembers 140
approximately 140
partOf English Interregnum
linked to: Interregnum
politicalOrientation Puritan
precededBy Rump Parliament
reasonForDissolution conservative opposition to radical reforms
internal division
reasonForNickname named after member Praise-God Barebone
linked to: Praise-God Barebone
religiousOrientation Independent Puritan
selectionMethod nomination
startTime 1653-07-04
timeInExistence about five months

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Barebone's Parliament alsoKnownAs Nominated Assembly