[DOC] [TLE] Parliament of England - Wikipedia [PAR] The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 
1066, William of ... This was due in no small part to the fact that King John died in 
1216 and was succeeded by his young son Henry III. Leading peers ..... In 1657 
he had the Parliament of Scotland unified with the English Parliament. In terms of 
the... [DOC] [TLE] SparkNotes: Oliver Cromwell: Refusing a Crown [PAR] The Humble Petition offered Cromwell the crown, and he agonized over whether 
... Eventually, Cromwell turned down the chance to be officially named King, ... 
When Parliament came back into session in the fall of 1657, it proved to be less ... 
few months, until Oliver Cromwell died of pneumonia on September three, 1658. [DOC] [TLE] BBC - History - British History in depth: Oliver Cromwell [PAR] Feb 17, 2011 ... Oliver Cromwell rose from the middle ranks of English society to be Lord 
Protector ... He stayed and became more radical in his religion - he regularly 
preached at ... He was also prominent in the campaign to force the king into 
calling annual ... But in the winter of 1644/5 he returned to Parliament and bitterly
... [DOC] [TLE] Oliver Cromwell - British History - HISTORY.com [PAR] After the death of Charles I, Cromwell served in the Rump Parliament and set to 
reform ... Although he became one of the most famous figures in English history, 
Oliver ... kingdoms [England, Wales, and Scotland] without the name of a king but 
with ... traditional political nation to his regime; yet in 1657 he rejected a proposal,
... [DOC] [TLE] The man who wouldn't be king - New Statesman [PAR] Dec 29, 2010 ... But who was this reluctant republican  and could he be the ... Some time in the 
late 17th century it was recovered by a soldier, became a bizarre ... For a man 
who had been Lord Protector of England, Scotland and ... wearing the crown, the 
hero of liberty who shot down the Levellers, ..... Subscription offer. [DOC] [TLE] "Offering the Crown to Cromwell: King Oliver? Patrick Little Asks ... [PAR] If his highness can be moved to accept of it [the crown], the services he hath done 
the ... to What Extent He Was Tempted to Take It-And Why He Finally Turned It 
Down ... the contempt of a crown--which can not proceed but from an 
extraordinary ... first formal offer by Parliament to make Oliver Cromwell king, and 
in England... [DOC] [TLE] html - Open Yale Courses - Yale University [PAR] Nov 12, 2009 ... With the defeat of the King these issues were now prominent in ... He might have 
lost militarily, but he knew that they still needed him for any ... 1647, the Scots' 
army was paid off by the English parliament. ..... to think about it and then in May 
1657 rejected the offer of the crown. .... He died of course in 1658. [DOC] [TLE] Oliver Cromwell - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Jul 6, 2013 ... At the outset of the English Civil War, Cromwell began his military ... Cromwell 
agonized over executing the king but believed that when ... he instead became 
the Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in the Parliament of 16281629. ..... 
After six weeks of deliberation, he rejected the offer, largely because... [DOC] [TLE] The Parliament of England - Global Ethics Network [PAR] Mar 7, 2013 ... (12151341 / 16491657) ... In the reign of Edward I (1272-1307) parliament 
became a more consistent .... a wide range of new laws which had been 
suggested by MPs. .... But as a parent King George V was far less successful - he 
bullied his ..... Cromwell rejected this offer, but the governmental structure... [DOC] [TLE] A Conversation between Oliver Cromwell and Bulstrode Whitelocke ... [PAR] Then as for the members of parliament, the army begins to have a strange 
distaste .... Extract taken from Bulstrode Whitelocke, Memorials of the English 
Affairs From ... But even though he played no part in the king's trial, Whitelocke 
continued to .... As the conversation with Whitelocke

Question: In 1657, the English parliament suggested he become king, but he turned down the offer
Answer: Oliver Cromwell