Solemn Engagement
The Solemn Engagement (A Solemne Engagement of the Army, under the Command of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax) was a declaration to the English
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The agreement was read, and assented to by all the officers and soldiers of the regiments of the
In the letter he explained that because the King was now with the Army (
At the Triploe Heath rendezvous the commissioners offers failed to pacify the New Model Army, largely because the officers and men were aware of the steps that Parliament and the City of London were taking against the Army, including an attempt to set up a rival army for which they were willing to pay while still withholding arrears of pay from the New Model Army. The Army rejected the commissioners offer and continued their slow advance towards London.[3]
See also
- English Commonwealth
- Good Old Cause
Notes
- Thriplow Heath
- ^ Woolrych 1987, pp. 116–118.
- ^ a b Fairfax & General Council of the New Model Army 1647.
- ^ Woolrych 1987, pp. 122–125.
References
- Fairfax, Thomas; General Council of the New Model Army (1647). "Solemn Engagement of the Army. 1647 (annotated)". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012.
- Woolrych, Austin (1987). "Kentford Heath to St Albans: The Army States its Demands". Soldiers and statesmen: the General Council of the Army and its debates, 1647-1648. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-822752-3.
Further reading
- Woodhouse, Arthur Sutherland Pigott (1938), "Appendix B.8: A Representation of the Army (14th June)", Puritanism and Liberty, being the Army Debates (1647-9) from the Clarke Manuscripts with Supplementary Documents, Liberty fund, retrieved 7 August 2010