What is Praise-God Barebone?
[[File:Praise-god Barebone.jpg|thumb|Barebone|250px]] '''Praise-God Barebone''' (or '''Barbon''' or '''Barbone''') about 1598–1679, was an English [[leather]]-seller, and a [[preacher]]. He was influential when [[Oliver Cromwell]] ruled [[Britain]]. His name is recalled in the [[Barebone's Parliament]] of the [[English Commonwealth]] of 1653. The Commonwealth was the political structure from 1649 to 1660. [[England]] and [[Wales]], later with [[Ireland]] and [[Scotland]], were governed as a [[republic]]. This was after the end of the [[Second English Civil War]], and the trial and [[execution]] of [[Charles I of England]].<ref>Although called here Charles 1 of England, he was in fact king of [[Wales]], [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]] as well.</ref> Barebone was elected to the Common Council of the City of London from 1657. In 1660, Barebone endeavoured to prevent the Restoration of the English monarchy and in July, a petition he had made calling for Members of Parliament to 'deny rule by Charles II or any other single person' was reprinted in a royalist tract called The Picture of the Good Old Cause Drawn to the Life. As a result, Barebone was arrested on 25 November 1661 and charged with treason. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London but freed in July 1662 after a petition from his wife pleading his illness.<ref>{{Cite web|last=detailsBornc. 1598Died1679ProfessionPreacher|first=Praise-God Barebone/BarbonMember of Parliament in Barebone's Parliament Personal|last2=leather-seller|date=2003-04-23|title=Praisegod Barebones (The Diary of Samuel Pepys)|url=https://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/701/|access-date=2024-11-12|website=The Diary of Samuel Pepys|language=en-gb}}</ref> Barebone died towards the end of 1679 and was buried on 5 January 1680 in the parish of St Andrew Holborn. == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barebone, Praise-God}} [[Category:1590s births]] [[Category:1679 deaths]] [[Category:Writers from London]]