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  1. English assembly called by Oliver Cromwell to
  2. replace the `Rump Parliament' July 1653.
  3. It consisted of 140 members nominated by the
  4. army and derived its name from one of its
  5. members, Praise-God Barbon. Although they
  6. attempted to pass sensible legislation
  7. (civil marriage; registration of births,
  8. deaths, and marriages; custody of lunatics),
  9. its members' attempts to abolish tithes,
  10. patronage, and the court of chancery, and to
  11. codify the law led to the resignation of the
  12. moderates and its dissolution Dec 1653.
  13.