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Assembly of the Oxford Parliament

Name: Assembly of the Oxford Parliament
Start: 1644-01-22
Location: Christ Church Hall, Oxford

When: 22 January 1644
Where: Christ Church Hall, Oxford
Part of: English Civil War: Liverpool, Oxford, and Nantwich

Charles I convened the Oxford Parliament at Christ Church Hall on 22 January 1644 to support the Royalist war effort.

The Parliament, also called the Mongrel Parliament, was summoned to assemble at Christ Church Hall, Oxford. It served as a revenue-raising instrument for the Royalist campaign and met until 1645, with records later destroyed before Oxford fell.

Sources

Oxford Parliament (1644) Wikipedia, revision of 2025-09-21

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