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==Parliamentarian==

==Parliamentarian==

Sponsored by the Montagu family, he was elected as a Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Huntingdon to the [[House of Commons]] in 1628. When Parliament was dissolved by King [[Charles I]] in 1629, Cromwell took up farming in Huntingdon. Soon afterwards he was converted to [[Puritanism]]. When Charles was forced by a shortage of funds to recall Parliament in 1640, Cromwell was returned to this Parliament as the M.P. for Cambridge. Known as the ''Short Parliament'', Charles again dissolved the house after only 3 weeks. A second Parliament was called later in 1640, afterwards known as the ''Long Parliament''. Cromwell returned to this Parliament again as M.P for Cambridge.  

Sponsored by the Montagu family, he was elected as a Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Huntingdon to the [[House of Commons]] in 1628. When Parliament was dissolved by King [[Charles I]] in 1629, Cromwell took up farming in Huntingdon. Soon afterwards he was converted to [[Puritans|Puritanism]]. When Charles was forced by a shortage of funds to recall Parliament in 1640, Cromwell was returned to this Parliament as the M.P. for Cambridge. Known as the ''Short Parliament'', Charles again dissolved the house after only 3 weeks. A second Parliament was called later in 1640, afterwards known as the ''Long Parliament''. Cromwell returned to this Parliament again as M.P for Cambridge.

==The Civil War==

==The Civil War==