John Pym, politician and leader of the popular party in the Long Parliament, died at Derby House in Westminster on 8th December 1643. His magnificent funeral was held a few days later and both Houses ...

John Pym (1584-1643) had courageously upheld the rights of Parliament against Charles I and was arrested for his pains. Francis Pym's forebears included lawyers, bishops and MPs.

Francis Pym, Baron of Sandy in the county of Bedfordshire, has died aged 86 Lord Pym, the former Tory Foreign Secretary, has died aged 86 after a prolonged illness, his family have said in a ...

The beginning of 1642 has seen John Pym spurn the King’s attempt to bring him onside with a job offer and now Charles’ options are running short. He has just one option left - to arrest Pym ...

He was the fifth Pym to serve in the Commons; one ancestor, John Pym, was one of the MPs whose attempted impeachment by Charles I helped start the English Civil War.

King Charles I is in Edinburgh. Whilst he is away from his capital the leader of the House of Commons, John Pym, is plotting a move to limit the King’s power.