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| 1584 | Birth |  |
| Birth of John Pym
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| 1640 | Parliament | |
| London Opens the Short Parliament & becomes its leader
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| London Petitions Charles I to come to terms with the Scots, the King to dissolve Parliament
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| 17th April London John Pym makes his long speech expressing the refusal of the House of Commons to vote subsidies without a reduction of royal abuse
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| 3rd Nov London Keeps in secret contact with the Scots, the King is tempted to arrest him for treason
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| 3rd Nov London Pym wishes to use Parliament as a means of confrinting the KIng with resolved issues
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| 1640 | Petition Charles I | |
| London Petitions Charles I to come to terms with the Scots, the King to dissolve Parliament
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| 1640 | Prerogative Courts | |
| Abolishes the prerogative courts which served the King in enforcing his policies
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| 1640 | Speech | |
| 17th April London John Pym makes his long speech expressing the refusal of the House of Commons to vote subsidies without a reduction of royal abuse
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| 1641 | Constitution | |
| 8th Nov The King must use counsellors & ministers approved by Parliament
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| 1641 | Grand Remonstrance | |
| London The Root-and-Branch Bill excluding bishops from the Commons is passed by the Commons
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| London The Root-and-Branch Bill excluding bishops from the Commons is rejected by the Lords
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| 1st Nov London News of Pym's Grand Remonstrance against the King Reaches Parliament
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| 23rd Nov London Parliament lists the Kings misdeeds
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| 23rd Nov London The Grand Remonstrance is passed in Parliament by 11 votes, 159 to 148
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| Dec London The King believes Puritans encouraged by 5 members of the House of Commons, John Pym, John Hampden, Denzil Holles, Arthur Haselrig and William Strode along & Lord Mandeville encouraged the Scots to invade England in the Bishops' Wars
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| Dec London When rumours reached the court that there was a plan to impeach the Queen for alleged involvement in Catholic plots Charles decides to arrest John Pym, John Hampden, Denzil Holles, Arthur Haselrig and William Strode & Lord Maitland for treason
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| 1641 | Parliament | |
| London Moves Bishops should not have political power in Parliament, a challenge to the King
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| 1641 | Plot | |
| 9th Dec London 3 Royalist MPs are expelled from Parliament for involvement in an Army conspiracy
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| 1641 | Rebellion | |
| Nov Ulster Insists that Parliament should establish control in Ireland
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| 1641 | Reform | |
| 8th Nov The King must use counsellors & ministers approved by Parliament
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| 1642 | Arrest | |
| 4th Jan London Charles I enters Parliament & says, "the birds have flown"
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| 1642 | Committee Safety | |
| 7th Jan London Appointed Member of the Committee of Lords & Commons fo the Safety of the Kingdom
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| 7th Jan London Helps found the Committee of Public Safety
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| 1642 | Parliament | |
| 1st Jan London For reasons of safety Parliament goes into Committee in the Guildhall
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| 1642 | Rebellion | |
| 11th Jan London The 5 Members of Parliament return to Westminster to a heroes' reception
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| 1642 | Siege of Tower of London | |
| Tower of London Prevents the King from controlling the Tower by using Parliamentary guards
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| 1643 | Budget | |
| London Leads Parliament in taking control of taxation & in raising an unprecedented exise tax
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| 1643 | Burial | |
| 15th Dec Westminster Abbey Buried in Westminster Abbey
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| 1643 | Death | |
| 9th Dec London Death of John Pym
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| 18th Dec London Allows the rise of the Independent Party
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| 18th Dec London Death of John Pym
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| 18th Dec London The only man in politics who has some control over the Scots
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| 1643 | Diplomacy | |
| London Invites the Scots Commissioners to London & agrees an alliance
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| 1643 | National Covenant | |
| Sep London The price of the alliance is a National Covenant & Solemn League signed by Pym
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| 1643 | Peace | |
| 13th Jan London The King's reply to the peace petition is read dismisivly in the Guildhall
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| 1643 | Solemn League | |
| Sep London The price of the alliance is a National Covenant & Solemn League signed by Pym
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| 1643 | Treaty of Covenanters | |
| Sep London The price of the alliance is a National Covenant & Solemn League signed by Pym
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| 29th Nov London The Scots are authorized by Parliament to raise an Army at Parliament's expense
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