 What came to be known as the Long Parliament also began to voice vague grievances against Charles , many of which were religious in nature . Parliament had many Puritans and Puritan @-@ sympathizing members , who generally opposed the existing episcopal system , but there was little agreement over what shape the church should take . Later in 1640 , the Root and Branch petition was presented to the House of Commons , the lower house of Parliament . It was signed by about 15 @,@ 000 Londoners and called for total elimination of the episcopal system . Committees were organized in the House of Commons to enact religious reforms , leading to the imprisonment of Archbishop Laud and his supporters in the Tower of London as retaliation for their repression of Puritans . The Court of High Commission and the Star Chamber , courts which had inflicted severe punishments on Puritan dissenters , were also abolished . 
 What came to be known as the Long Parliament also began to voice vague grievances against Charles , many of which <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> religious in nature . Parliament had many Puritans and Puritan @-@ sympathizing members , <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>generally opposed the existing episcopal system , but <a href='dey_it' title='3'><mark>there</mark></a> was little agreement over what shape the church should take . Later in 1640 , the Root and Branch petition was presented to the House of Commons , the lower house of Parliament . It was signed by about 15 @,@ 000 Londoners and called for total elimination of the episcopal system . Committees <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> organized in the House of Commons to enact religious reforms , leading to the imprisonment of Archbishop Laud and his supporters in the Tower of London as retaliation for their repression of Puritans . The Court of High Commission and the Star Chamber , courts which <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>had</mark></a> inflicted severe punishments on Puritan dissenters , <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> also abolished . 
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