CHARLES I (1600-1649), King of England, Scotland and Ireland . Letter signed (at head, 'Charles R') to William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, and James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (as Lord Strange), Lords Lieutenant of Cheshire and Lancashire, Westminster, 19 August 1640, 1½ pages, folio , integral address leaf, remnants of seal, seal slits (some light browning and spotting).
CHARLES I (1600-1649), King of England, Scotland and Ireland . Letter signed (at head, 'Charles R') to William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, and James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (as Lord Strange), Lords Lieutenant of Cheshire and Lancashire, Westminster, 19 August 1640, 1½ pages, folio , integral address leaf, remnants of seal, seal slits (some light browning and spotting). THE CALL TO ARMS FOR THE SECOND BISHOPS' WAR AGAINST THE SCOTS: 'The rebellion in our kingdome of Scottland is now growne to that height, that they have not onely taken armes, & committed sondry Acts of Hostilities against us there, But have likewise leuyed a powerfull & numerous Armie, with intention to enter into this our Realme of England ... This great & imminent danger .... hath drawne a necessitie upon us to repayre in person to our Armie in the Northerne parts'. Charles accordingly commands his Lords Lieutenants to have the trained bands in readiness, 'with such further forces of Horse & foote, as you can possibly rayse', to be brought to join the King at six days' notice. The crisis in Scotland had been brought on by a number of matters, including the re-introduction of bishops and the imposition of a standard prayerbook, and had been exacerbated by Charles's absentee rule and slowness to react to events. In the First Bishops' War of 1639 Charles had missed an opportunity to deal a decisive blow to an uncertain Scottish army. Having failed to gain a sufficient supply from the Short Parliament of 1640, Charles attempted to cobble together a force for a second attempt from the trained bands and any other forces available, as in this order to the Stanleys. The failure of this force brought on the Scottish invasion and billeting of an army in northern England, and began the train of events which was to lead to the Long Parliament, the impeachment and execution of Laud and Strafford, and ultimately to the Civil War.
CHARLES I (1600-1649), King of England, Scotland and Ireland . Letter signed (at head, 'Charles R') to William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, and James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (as Lord Strange), Lords Lieutenant of Cheshire and Lancashire, Westminster, 19 August 1640, 1½ pages, folio , integral address leaf, remnants of seal, seal slits (some light browning and spotting).
CHARLES I (1600-1649), King of England, Scotland and Ireland . Letter signed (at head, 'Charles R') to William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, and James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (as Lord Strange), Lords Lieutenant of Cheshire and Lancashire, Westminster, 19 August 1640, 1½ pages, folio , integral address leaf, remnants of seal, seal slits (some light browning and spotting). THE CALL TO ARMS FOR THE SECOND BISHOPS' WAR AGAINST THE SCOTS: 'The rebellion in our kingdome of Scottland is now growne to that height, that they have not onely taken armes, & committed sondry Acts of Hostilities against us there, But have likewise leuyed a powerfull & numerous Armie, with intention to enter into this our Realme of England ... This great & imminent danger .... hath drawne a necessitie upon us to repayre in person to our Armie in the Northerne parts'. Charles accordingly commands his Lords Lieutenants to have the trained bands in readiness, 'with such further forces of Horse & foote, as you can possibly rayse', to be brought to join the King at six days' notice. The crisis in Scotland had been brought on by a number of matters, including the re-introduction of bishops and the imposition of a standard prayerbook, and had been exacerbated by Charles's absentee rule and slowness to react to events. In the First Bishops' War of 1639 Charles had missed an opportunity to deal a decisive blow to an uncertain Scottish army. Having failed to gain a sufficient supply from the Short Parliament of 1640, Charles attempted to cobble together a force for a second attempt from the trained bands and any other forces available, as in this order to the Stanleys. The failure of this force brought on the Scottish invasion and billeting of an army in northern England, and began the train of events which was to lead to the Long Parliament, the impeachment and execution of Laud and Strafford, and ultimately to the Civil War.
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