After the Long Parliament was purged in 1648, the Rump Parliament brought charges against this king
In the chaos following the death of Oliver Cromwell in 1658, General 
George ... With the King having been implicated, the Long Parliament passed the
... [DOC] [TLE] Rump Parliament - Wikipedia [PAR] The Rump Parliament was the English Parliament after Colonel Thomas Pride 
purged the Long Parliament, on 6 December 1648, of those members hostile to 
the Grandees' intention to try King Charles ...