second bishops war Flashcards
c.1 failed to secure subsides from palriemnt
he had to rely on donation from loyal individuals and cooperation (raised 350k but city of London refused to support c.1)
as short of funds c.1 rely on (soldiers)
poorly trained/ill disciplined militia from southern counties
c.1 difficult time finding commander
task got fell to viscount Conway, his forced were councerntated in counties of northern yorkshire/northumerbland
convernaterns continued to be led by
Alexander Leslie (comman 20k soliders on Scottish border)
played out: pre emptied attack
scottish covenanters launched pre emptied attack on eng> they won the battle of newborn forcing royalist to surrender Newcastle. so by now socitiths covernaters were in communications with c.1 opponents form puritan network
played out: c.1 heard of the covenaters advance
c.1 armies in yorkshire collasped (scared) and c.1 responded by calling a council of peers to which they advised him to take peace with peers
the treaty of rip oct 1640:c.1 forced to agree to:
eng parleimnt was to be called that would
provide finance to repay Scottish soldiers and negotiated a permanent settlement
the treaty of rip oct 1640:c.1 forced to agree to: until the matters were resolved
the Scottish army would remain in English counties of Northumberland and Durham at cost of 850 per day(loosing money). c.1 wasn’t allowed to dissolve parliament
the cycle c.1 was faced with
c.1 wasn’t allowed to dissolve aplriemnt until he repaid the Scots> in order to repay he would have to listen to and adress grieevenes of MP’s > mps were keen to reduce powers and dismantle key features of PR = LONG PARLEIEMNT BEGUN PR ENDED