Root and Branch Petition

Key term for OCR GCSE History A, used in Personal Rule to Restoration 1629–1660.

Definition

A 1640 document signed by 15,000 Londoners demanding the total abolition of church government by bishops.

Exam Context

Root and Branch Petition appears in OCR GCSE History A revision content for British Depth Studies, especially Personal Rule to Restoration 1629–1660 and Parliament and Charles I 1629–1642.

British Depth Studies Personal Rule to Restoration 1629–1660 Parliament and Charles I 1629–1642

Found in Revision Notes

British Depth Studies

Parliamentary Divisions and the Descent into Civil War

Personal Rule to Restoration 1629–1660 • Parliament and Charles I 1629–1642

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