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Sir John Eliot (11 April 1592 – 27 November 1632) was an English statesman who was serially imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he eventually died, by King Charles I for advocating the rights and privileges of Parliament.
Sir John Eliot was an English Puritan and Parliamentarian who, with his brilliant oratory, played a leading role in the early conflicts between King Charles I and Parliament. His death during his imprisonment for opposing the crown made him a martyr to the Parliamentary cause.
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When the Admiralty Court instructed Eliot to return the vessel without any remuneration, he refused to comply, and was promptly imprisoned. Thereafter, he faced damaging allegations from Nutt himself, who had a powerful friend at Court in the form of secretary of state (Sir) George Calvert*.
11 de jun. de 2018 · Eliot, Sir John (1592–1632). Eliot, a parliamentarian, was initially a client of the royal favourite Buckingham, but turned against him. In 1626 he took part in the impeachment proceedings against Buckingham, comparing him to Sejanus, the notorious favourite of Tiberius. For this, Charles I imprisoned him in the Tower.
Sir John Eliot (1592–1632) was a parliamentarian who opposed the royal favourite Buckingham and Charles I. He was imprisoned several times for his political views and died in the Tower.
SIR JOHN ELIOT, (1592-1632), one of the greatest among the English statesmen of the reign of Charles I., was born at his father's seat at Port Eliot, a small fishing-village on the River Tamar, in the month of April 1592.
This article seeks to revise existing interpretations of the political writings composed by the early Stuart MP, Sir John Eliot (1592–1632), while imprisoned in the Tower of London between 1629 and 1632. In particular, it challenges the common understanding of Eliot as an absolutist writer.
