GRAND REMONSTRANCE

Grand Remonstrance (ri-mon-str<<schwa>>nts).Hist. A protest document issued by the

House of Commons in 1641, setting forth numerous political grievances against Charles I. • The

document demanded three primary remedial measures: (1) improvements in the administration of

justice, (2) appointment of trustworthy ministers, and (3) enforcement of the laws against Roman

Catholics. It was the first major split between the Royalist and Parliamentary parties, and it led

Charles to seek the arrest of the five members who pushed the document through Commons. [Blacks Law 8^th]