Humble Petition and Advice

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The Humble Petition and Advice was a 1657 constitutional proposal that sought to revise England’s republican government by offering Oliver Cromwell the crown and restructuring the Protectorate’s political system.

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Humble Petition and Advice canonical 16

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional document ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
parliamentary petition ⓘ
addressedTo Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector ⓘ
linked to: Oliver Cromwell
aimedTo restructure the Protectorate’s political system ⓘ
revise the republican government of England ⓘ
constitutionalObjective reconciliation with traditional monarchical forms ⓘ
stabilisation of post-civil war governance ⓘ
strengthening of executive authority under Cromwell ⓘ
constitutionalRole revision of the Instrument of Government ⓘ
constitutionalType mixed monarchy proposal ⓘ
country England ⓘ
dateProposed 1657 ⓘ
governmentFormProposed monarchy under Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
headOfStateProposed Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
influenced later debates on the Restoration settlement ⓘ
intendedSuccessorFrameworkFor Protectorate government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm petition and advice to the Lord Protector ⓘ
legalStatus accepted in modified form by Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
offeredCrownOutcome crown refused by Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
offeredCrownTo Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
offeredTitle King of England ⓘ
King of Ireland ⓘ
King of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Scottish monarch
placeOfOrigin London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
politicalContext English Protectorate ⓘ
Interregnum ⓘ
predecessor Instrument of Government ⓘ
proposedBy English Parliament ⓘ
providedFor a more hereditary-style succession for the Protector ⓘ
a restructured Parliament ⓘ
a second legislative chamber ⓘ
limitations on military influence in government ⓘ
relatedEvent English Civil Wars ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War

Restoration of the monarchy ⓘ
subject English constitutional history ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell’s rule ⓘ
Protectorate settlement ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

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Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell → constitutionalDocument → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
Lord Protector → legalBasis → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
Instrument of Government → replacedBy → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
Interregnum → constitutionalDocument → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
English Commonwealth → constitutionalDocument → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
Second Protectorate Parliament → considered → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
Second Protectorate Parliament → reformedBy → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
Protectorate Parliament → constitutionalBasis → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
Protectorate of Richard Cromwell → constitutionalDocument → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
John Lambert → notableWork → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
Instrument of Government of 1653 → successor → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
InstrumentOfGovernmentOf1653 → seeAlso → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
Third Protectorate Parliament → constitutionalContext → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
Lord Protector of Ireland → constitutingInstrument → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
Protectorate → legalBasis → Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ