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Sir Henry Vane the Elder

1589–1655

Secretary of State to Charles I; broke with the king over Strafford.

Biography

Of Brasenose Oxford and Gray's Inn, the elder Vane served Charles I as Cofferer of the Household and then Secretary of State (1640-41) until his quarrel with the king over the Earl of Strafford — Vane's evidence drawn from his notes of the Privy Council was decisive in Strafford's attainder. He broke with the king over religion, took the parliamentary side at the war's outbreak, and sat as a lay assessor at the Assembly. A more conservative figure than his more famous son, he was secluded at Pride's Purge and died in 1655.

Role at the Assembly

Lay Assessor — House of Commons

Parliament seated lay assessors alongside the divines to represent its interest and keep it informed of the Assembly's progress. The ordinance of 1643 named thirty members of the House of Commons as assessors; they could take part in debate but were not among the voting divines, and their attendance was often occasional as the war and parliamentary business pressed on them.

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