Resignation Before The Regicide
On 12 October 1648 he was appointed by parliament solicitor-general. This office he resigned when the king's trial became imminent; John Cook was solicitor-general on that occasion and subsequently. But Prideaux did not lose favour with his party. On 9 April 1649 he was appointed attorney-general, and remained in that office for the rest of his life.
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