John Pym initiated this event, and a sermon from Edmund Staunton convinced Parliament to go for attainder rather than simple impeachment.
Harbottle Grimston called the defendant in this case "the root and ground of all our miseries and calamities," and one of the charges rested upon the "et cetera oath" promulgated by the defendant. One person who testified at this event had previously been branded on the cheek with the letters "SL" for "seditious libel"; that figure published the diary of the defendant at this event. Among the charges presented at this event include refusing to license Christopher Davenport's Deus, Natura, Gratia and the suppression of fundraising by the Feoffees. The defendant in this case was arrested at the same time as a noble who was defended in a speech by Lord Digby, named the (*) Earl of Strafford, who was accused of "two-fold treason". Some witness at this event stated that the defendant had forced several innovations at Merton College and Trinity College. John Pym initiated this event, and a sermon from Edmund Staunton convinced Parliament to go for attainder rather than simple impeachment. This trial was conducted by members of the Long Parliament, who were targeting the "evil councilors" of Charles I. For 10 points, name this legal proceeding in which an autocratic Archbishop of Canterbury was tried and executed.
Harbottle Grimston called the defendant in this case "the root and ground of all our miseries and calamities," and one of the charges rested upon the "et cetera oath" promulgated by the defendant.
{Trial of} William {Laud}