Pym
JOHN, an English statesman, born in Somersetshire, England, in 1584.
He studied at Oxford and became famous as a lawyer. He entered Parliament in 1614, and during the reign of James he attained great influence by his opposition to the arbitrary measures of the king. In 1626 he took part in the impeachment of Buckingham am and was imprisoned. In the Short Parliament of 1640 Pym and Hampden were exceedingly active as leaders of the popular party. Pym impeached Strafford and at his trial appeared as accuser. He was the main author of the Grand Remonstrance, the final appeal presented in 1641, and one of the five members to arrest whom the king went to the House of Commons in January, 1642. When civil war became inevitable Pym was appointed one of the committee of safety. He died in 1643.
PYRAMID gogue" (1652); "How the First Sabbath was Ordained" (1654). He died in Wraysbury, England, Oct. 29, 1662.