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The History of England

407 The Peoples' Distress

The History of England

David Crowther

Royal, Queen, Europe, Modern, Parliament, History, Monarchy, Early Modern, Medieval, English, England, King, Politics

4.85.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

If the people of England had gone to war to build a better world, by January 1648 they were seriously unimpressed with what Utopia looked like. The issues that distressed the people were legion - taxes, religion, sequestration, omne daft ideas about equality, county committees - even Christmas! And when news of the King's Engagement with the Scots got out, well, some people saw that as an opportunity to restore the right order of things. Which would surely only come well the World was turned rightside up again, and the King Came Into His Own once more.

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the people's distress

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last time we heard about the fallout from the Putney de Beets.

1:12.8

On the one hand, some of the radical demands at least had been included in the remonstrance

1:17.1

of the army which Fairfax had put to the new model, but the more radical aspects of the agreement

1:22.0

to the people had been removed.

1:24.8

We went to Cork Brush Field near where, north of London, we saw how at that meeting the

1:29.3

leveler inspired mutiny was repressed by Fairfax, Cromwell and the officers and the unit of the army restored.

1:37.0

But into all this came the news that Charles had done one of his famous bunks and leapt from the Hampton Court

1:45.2

frying pan into the Carrowsbrook Isle of White Fire much to John Oglander's

1:49.7

distress. I'm not going to like to you. Sir John was absolutely on the money.

1:58.0

Karisbrook was not a good choice. Charles is a very odd combination of political acumen, firmness of purpose, resilience, mental

2:07.1

toughness, and the unerring ability to mess things up just when it's going his way and this was just such a time.

2:15.3

He was completely out of it on the Isle of White, totally isolated.

2:20.3

So despite the super secret engagement with the Scots at a never will I tell anyone cross my heart and hope to die level of secrecy

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He could not have been worse place to do anything to help. He was literally at the other end of Britain to Scotland.

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