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English Parliamentarian who moved for the impeachment of the advisers to Charles I. The king's effort to arrest Pym in the House of Commons (1642) precipitated the English Civil War

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John Pym
born 1583/84, Brymore, Somerset, Eng. died Dec. 8, 1643, London English politician. As a member of Parliament (1621-43), he soon became an expert on finances and colonial affairs. He was an architect of Parliament's victory over Charles I in the first phase of the English Civil Wars. He helped form the system of taxation that survived in England until the 19th century. His skill as a parliamentary tactician preserved the unity of Parliament and led to close relations between the government and the city of London