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covenants last time along with some over-enthusiastic blather about new sheets and peace petitions,

we heard about the King's failed campaign to secure the West, advance on London and in

fourth peace on those darned malignant rebels. But there was not just one piece in play in the second half of 1643. More than one throw of the dice remained to Charles in this year which had gone so well until the summer. Newcastle had invested

vast sums in the Royal Court and his victory over Fairfax in June at Ad Walton, Moore in June had been such a joy to Charles that William

Cavendish had duly been promoted to Marquis of Newcastle, which is great because they

like each other too. The victory had led to the collapse of the position Thomas Fairfax

and his dad had built up and led to the capture of the West Riding Towns by Newcastle that

had been so hot for Parliament.

Fairfax, Perifis had fled to Hull on the East Coast of Yorkshire where they were currently

hold up.

However, before we get to all that fighty stuff, we have two serious topics to talk about,

friends and religion. They are, as ever, a bit mixed up.

Let's talk Scotland and the drive for religious reform at the Westminster Assembly.

A bit of background.

The context is that north of the wall in June 1643 a convention of estates is going on in Scotland.

This is basically a form of the Scottish Parliament.

Charles had not wanted the Convention to go ahead and had instructed his agent, the Duke of

Hamilton, to withhold the required royal assent.

So now Archbold Campbell, the Marquis of Argyll, was firmly in control of the Covenant of Revolution, and over the last couple of years

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