chapter sixteen part two

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despite royalist hopes the accession of Richard was generally accepted by

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many gentry who had tolerated his fathers protecterate

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richards protectertae had a positive start as there was a feeling that

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he was more in tune with the traditional gentry

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at first the army response to Richard was

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favourable

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many hoped Richard would support the army while others believed that he would be

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easier to manipulate then his father was

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it was soon clear to Richard’s character and intended policies were more in favour of

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civilians

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Richard was met with opposition from

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• republicans , against protectorate and from Lambert who distrusted the civilians . publicans refused to recognise Richard as protector
• the army , measure to restrict religious toleration provoked them

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the army triggered by parliament discussing settling the army as a militia forced

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Richard to dissolve parliament which saw the end his protectorate in may 1659

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the rump parliament was thus reinstated by

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the army

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Oliver cromwells death had left a power vacuum and the key groups of the interregnum failed to

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produce a workable settlement

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by December 1659 many people feared

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a slide into anarchy

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civilian cromwellians’ and Presbyterians wanted a more traditional parliamentary settlement and a

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reduction of the armys influence

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army leaders such as Charles Fleetwood and desborough wanted a

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continuation of the protectorate

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quakers who were linked with Lambert , scared the PN by acting to secure

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religious freedom

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commonswelathmen and republicans wanted to

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weaken army influence

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soliders and junior officers worked with republicans to establish a regime based on

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the authority of parliament

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Charles stuart was a bystander in exile but wanted

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to be king

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by decmebr 1659 the army was

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not united

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not only in Scotland did George Monck have different ideas about the direction of the settlement but in England the army was also

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divided

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unlike Lambert the army leaders Fleetwood and desborough were not ideologically opposed to the concept of a

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protectorate and were supportive of Richard

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however republican propaganda exploited junior officers concerns over pay and persuaded them to

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force army leaders to reluctantly recall the rump in may 1659

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with the removal of the protectorate power in the short term was in the hands of the

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council of state
the body that led the army

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after dismissing those officers and civilians loyal to Richard this council

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reappointed radical officers like Lambert to command the NMA

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Lambert and the republican MP haselrig were opposites in

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political outlooks

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haselrig and the leading republican politicians of the rump recognised

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their dependence on the army and sought to assert their political authority

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furthermore haselrig and the republicans showed no inclination to satsify the

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soliders material grievances

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on the 13th may 1659 Lambert presented a new petition ,

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the humble petition and the address of the officers to the recalled rump

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the humble petition and address of officers included

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fifteen articles outline the ‘ fundamentals of our good old cause ‘ , a senate to protect armys intrests from parliament

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the main opponent of the address and the army was

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Haselrig

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Haselrig would not accept no reduction of the

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commons authority

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haselrig and the rump in effect were committing political suicide by

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alienating the army

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the very fragile alliance of republicans and army was saved as in

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1649-51
by a miltary threat

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George booths rising 1659

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reaction by previous supporters of parliament and some royalists against the radicalism of the army
booth rising crushed 1659 , Haselrig supported lamberts command and taught negotiation
crushed at winning ton bridge august 1659

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reports of lamberts troops becoming more radical and taking up the ‘ quakers ‘ scarred

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many in London swell as Monck

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this coupled with the general quicker fear made the regime

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very unstable

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the quakers provoked such a fearful reaction because their had been an explosion of their numbers from early

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1650s to approx 50,000

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their growth coupled with their recruiting others by touring the country and their willingness to countenance an armed revolution merely reinforced the

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threat they pose to the influence of the political nation

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quakers seemed to support the leading NMA general Lambert , merely heightened

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the fears of the gentry

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doubts over the nature of lamberts own faith were widespread and few seemed

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to regard him as anything but danger to moderate political and religious sensibilities

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the crisis of late 1659 and 1660 with the increased rumours of the possibility of an attempted lambertian protectorate with quicker support simply

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brought these fears to head

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on their return from putting down the booths rising , Lamberts army drew up the derby petition expressing

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anger at the rumps fualire to reform

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Lambert returned to London and seized the initiative to establish the armys position by

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13 October lamberts troops surrounded Westminster and removed the rump

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with power in its hands as in 1653 the army once more showed its limited

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intrest in poltics

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the army was not willing to establish a blatant military regime , the committee of council was set up by

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the council of officers as a provisional government , but it was not a truly revolutionary regime

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however too the political nation this committee apaperated to be

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imposing direct army rule

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so even with such moderation George Monck decided to defect and declared his support for

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the rump to be reinstalled

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on 26 December 1659 the rump was reinstated by three regiments of the army that did not agree with

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lamberts stance

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the collapse of the committee of safety on 17 December in London followed by Portsmouths declaration in supports of the rumps and Fairfax’s action brought

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Monck into England on 1 January 1660

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Monck reached London on what date

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3 February 1660

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Monck had a couple of meetings with fairfax who likely made clear his desire for

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stability through restoration of the monarchy

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when yet again he rump did not offer this stability by returning the monarchy Monck began

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the process of restoration

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in London Monck forced the purged

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MPs from 1648 back into parliament

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this in effect forced the original long parliament which dissolved itself on

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16 march 1660
to allow free elections

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country petitions had been calling for a free parliament this is

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a parliament without voting restrictions to prevent royalists and conservatives form being elected

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the traditional PN were determined to seize the chance to reassert themselves for the first time since

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