Brewer's: Six Members

The six members that Charles I went into the House of Commons to arrest were Lord Kimbolton, Pym, Hollis, Hampden, Sir Arthur Haselrig, and Stroud. Being warned in time, they made good their escape.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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