Short and Long Parliaments
In April 1640, Haselrig was elected Member of Parliament for Leicestershire in the Short Parliament He was re-elected MP for Leicestershire for the Long Parliament in November 1640. He was heavily involved in the Act of Attainder against Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, the Root and Branch Bill and the Militia Bill of 7 December 1641. Charles I tried to arrest him for treason on 3 January 1642, along with John Hampden, Denzil Holles, John Pym and William Strode. However the "Five Members", together with the Earl of Manchester who was also due to be arrested, were tipped off by the Earl of Essex. The king marched with his guards into the chamber of the House of Commons chamber only to find that the Five Members had fled.
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