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2 de jul. de 2024 · He became a colonel and governor of Coventry during the war, and mayor in 1644 when George Monck, though elected mayor for the second time, was not permitted to fill the position because of his coolness towards Parliament.
Hace 2 días · In 1660, George Monck led the Convention Parliament in declaring Charles II (who had been in exile in Europe following the execution of his father) as King of England. This act of Parliament simply declared the actions of Charles I and the last several years of civil war as null and void.
Hace 5 días · What about if the army leadership of early 1660 had ordered Monck back to Scotland? In essence, Reece argues that the republic could have endured, and certainly Cromwell’s Protectorate enjoyed more legitimacy among the “political nation” than its sudden collapse implies.
Hace 4 días · He moved against the purchasers of crown lands and the property of cathedral chapters, ‘but to consider the soldiers under General [George] Monck’. On 26 July he was ordered to draft an address for negotiations with the Dutch over the discriminatory taxes imposed on imported cloth.
The troops that came from Ireland were generally English soldiers who had been sent to Ireland in the wake of the rebellion to defeat it. They were of dubious loyalty as far as the king was concerned, and some, like George Monck, took the first opportunity to change sides.
The only other monument in this aisle is to the memories of George Monck and Christopher, his son, both Dukes of Albemarle, and also of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Albemarle, relict of the latter. The principal monument in the north aisle of Henry VII.'s Chapel is that of Queen Elizabeth.
Hace 3 días · Thanks to Gen. Monck. Ordered, That Letters of Thanks from the Parliament be written to General Monck, acknowledging his faithful Service, and high Deservings; and that he, taking care for the Safety and Preservation of Scotland in his Absence, be desired, as speedily as he can, to come up to London.
