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A Representation of the Army

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14 June 1647

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Charles enters Parliamentary custody (Date?)

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30 January 1647

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Earliest evidence of petitioning in the New Model Army (Date?)

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18 March 1647

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House of Commons orders Fairfax to suppress petitioning in the ranks (Date?)

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27 March 1647

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Colonel Harley informs Parliament that petitioning has continued despite orders to suppress (Date?)

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29 March 1647

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Declaration of Dislike (Date?)

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30 March 1647

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Agitators begin to appear among the soldiery (Two Months?)

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Apr-May 1647

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Parliament votes to disband large sections of the army (Two Dates?)

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25/27 May 1647

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Council at War approves the Solemn Engagement

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29 May 1647

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Solemn Engagement approved unanimously at Newmarket (Date?)

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5 June 1647

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Newsletter from Headquarters, Reading (Date?)

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17 July 1647

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Lilburne writes to agitators warning them of “the study, labour and practice of some officers”

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16 July 1647

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Richard Overton publishes An Appeale from the Regenerative Representative Body warning agitators to “be cautious and wary”

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17 July 1647

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Heads of Proposals presented the General Council of the Army

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17 July 1647

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Humble Address of the Agitators demands exclusion of Pelham’s Parliament MPs

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2 August 1647

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The Case of the Army Truly Stated - accused officers, demanded “all freeborn at age 21” eligible to vote

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15 October 1647

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Agreement of the People - “proportional according to the number of inhabitants”

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28 October 1647

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Act Abolishing the House of Lords

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19 March 1649

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Pride’s Purge

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6 December 1648

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20
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Commons votes for a court to try to the king

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1 January 1649

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House of Lords rejects the Commons’ vote for a court to try the king

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2 January 1649

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Commons assumes sole legislative authority

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4 January 1649

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Execution of Charles I

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30 January 1649

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Debate on the future of the House of Lords, de facto abeyance, abolition bill to be drafted

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5-6 February 1649

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Officers Agreement of the People

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15 January 1649

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First Agreement of the People - “instructing the nation (so be it not compulsive)”, “not at all entrusted to us by any human power”

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28 October 1647

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Officers Agreement of the People presented by the committee of 16 (4 officers, 4 city independents, 4 commons, 4 levellers)

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11 December 1648

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Ireton argues to the Officers Council for “the civil magistrate” “spirituall things as civill thinges”

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14 December 1648

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29
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Final Draft of the Officers Agreement presented to Parliament

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15 January 1649

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30
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Declaration by the Lord General and the Council upon Dissolution of the Long Parliament

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22 April 1653

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Cromwell complains to Whitelocke about “their delays of business and design to perpetuate themselves” (Month?)

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November 1652

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32
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Cromwell dissolves the Rump with Colonel Harrison

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20 April 1653

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Clarke’s newsletter claims the Rump “was dissolved with as little noyse as can bee imagined”

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23 April 1653

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34
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Cromwell establishes a 13 man council of state

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29 April 1653

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35
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First meeting of the 140 strong Nominated Assembly

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4 July 1653

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36
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Instrument of Government

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16 December 1653

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37
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Vote on the removal of tithe beneficiaries, two vote margin, measure defeated

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10 December 1653

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Speaker Rous leads a walkout of 50 MPs, resigning the powers of the Nominated Assembly to Cromwell

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12 December 1653

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39
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Instrument of Government adopted by the Council of Officers

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15 December 1653

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40
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Cromwell appointed Lord Protector

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16 December 1653

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41
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War declared on the Dutch following the skirmish with Marten de Tromp

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10 July 1652

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42
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Treaty of Westminster signed following an ambiguous English victory over the Dutch

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15 April 1654

43
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Ratification of the Treaty of Westminster

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22 April 1654

44
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Debate in Council on the Western Design

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20 April 1654

45
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Debate in the Protectors Council over whether or not to attempt the Western Design

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20 July 1654

46
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Invasion force (30 ships 8000 troops) sail for the West Indies

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14 December 1654

47
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Campaign on Hispaniola begins

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14 April 1655

48
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End of the Campaign on Hispaniola

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4 May 1655

49
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Jamaica taken during the Western Design

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12 May 1655

50
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Thurloe writes to Henry Cromwell about the elections for the Second Protectorate Parliament

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12 August 1656

51
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First commissions are issued to Major Generals

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21 September 1655

52
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Revised commissions go out to the Major Generals

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11 October 1655

53
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Major Generals begin their work in the localities

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2 November 1655

54
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Announcement made for elections and a second protectorate parliament

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26 June 1656

55
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William Goffe warns Thurloe of “unquiet spiritt of discontented men”

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8 August 1656

56
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John Desborough pledges to “encourage the honest sober people” in a letter to Thurloe

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12 August 1656

57
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Elections for the Second Protectorate Parliament - cries of “no swordsmen, no decimators”

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20 August 1656

58
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Second Protectorate Parliament meets for the first time

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17 September 1656

59
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Militia Bill and Decimation Tax Bill both announced in Parliament

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25 December 1656

60
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Debates on the Militia and Decimation Tax Bills, both ultimately defeated

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7-29 January 1657

61
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Cromwell issues the Ordinance for Triers (38 strong commission with 5 added in September)

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20 March 1654

62
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Ordinance for Ejectors

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28 August 1654

63
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First Protectorate Parliament fails to approve any of Cromwell’s 84 ordinances

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3 September 1654 - 22 January 1655

64
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Second Protectorate Parliament ratifies the Triers and Ejectors Ordinances

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28 April 1657

65
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Opening of the second session of the Second Protectorate Parliament - “you have now a godly ministry; you have a knowing ministry”

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20 June 1658

66
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Christopher Packe presents a Remonstrance to Parliament

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23 February 1657

67
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Cromwell meets with 100 army officers - “he loved not the title, a feather in a hat”

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27 February 1657

68
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Formal presentation of the Humble Petition and Advice to the Protector

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31 March 1657

69
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Cromwell gives speeches to Parliament asking for more time to respond to the offer of kingship

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3, 8 April 1657

70
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Cromwell meets with a conference of 99 MPs hears legal arguments by Whitelocke and Broghill

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11, 13, 20, 21 April 1657

71
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Cromwell formally declines the offer of the crown “not to be convinced of the necessity of that thing”

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8 May 1657

72
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Ratification of the modified Humble Petition

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25 May 1657

73
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Cromwell requests an additional £600,000 on top of the Humble Petition

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21 April 1657

74
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Commons approves a three year measure to increase revenue by £600,000

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24 April 1657

75
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Cromwell is installed as Lord Protector for the second time

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26 June 1657

76
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Joyce meets with Cromwell at the latters home in London

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31 May 1647

77
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Cornet Joyce arrives at Holdenby

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2 June 1647

78
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Cornet Joyce secures Holdenby, tells Charles that they will move the following day

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3 June 1647

79
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Joyce departs Holdenby with Charles, rests overnight in Huntingdon

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4 June 1657

80
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Joyce is ordered to remain west of Cambridge, Charles is kept at Childerly Hall

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5 June 1647

81
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Officers of the New Model meet Charles for the first term

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7 June 1647

82
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First day of the Reading debates

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16 July 1647

83
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Lilburne writes to the agitators warning of ‘the study, labour and practice of some officers’

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16 July 1647

84
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Richard Overton publishes An Appeale, warning the agitators to ‘be cautious and wary’

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17 July 1647

85
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Heads of Proposals referred to a committee

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18 July 1647

86
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Heads of Proposals submitted to the King

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23 July 1647

87
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Presbyterian mob storms Parliament

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26 July 1647

88
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Army restores the Independent members to Parliament

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6 August 1647

89
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The Case of the Army Truly Stated

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15 October 1647

90
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The First Agreement of the People

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28 October 1647

91
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First day of the Putney debates, whether the army can break engagements

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28 October 1647

92
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Second day of the Putney debates, universal manhood suffrage discussed

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29 October 1647

93
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Grandees order the end of the Putney debates

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8 November 1647

94
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King escapes from custody of Hampton Court

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11 November 1647

95
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Corkbush field mutiny

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15 November 1647

96
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Charles recaptured at Carisbrooke Castle

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14 November 1647

97
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Commons passes vote of no addresses

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3 Jan 1648

98
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Lords passes a vote of no addresses

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17 January 1648

99
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Parliament repeals the vote of no addresses

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24 August 1648

100
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Negotiations begin for the Newport Treaty

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18 September 1648

101
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Newport negotiations break down

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27 October 1648

102
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Parliamentary commissioners leave Newport without a deal

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27 November 1648

103
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Remonstrance of the Army calls for ‘Justice upon the Capitall Authors’

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16 November 1648

104
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Parliament votes to continue negotiations with the King

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5 December 1648

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