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Treaty of Ripon is agreed, ending the Second Bishops’ War and forcing Charles I to summon the Long Parliament, ultimately leading to the First English Civil War.
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Treaty of Ripon
1640 treaty between Charles I and the Scottish Covenanters
The Treaty of Ripon was a truce between Charles I, King of England, and the Covenanters, a Scottish political movement, which brought a cessation of hostilities to the Second Bishops' War.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bishops' Wars
British wars 1639–1640 concerning religion in Scotland
The Bishops' Wars were two separate conflicts fought in 1639 and 1640 between Scotland and England, with Scottish Royalists allied to England. They were the first of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which also include the First and Second English Civil Wars, the Irish Confederate…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Charles I of England
King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 to 1649
Charles I was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Long Parliament
English Parliament from 1640 to 1660
The Long Parliament was an English Parliament which lasted from 1640 until 1660, making it the longest-lasting Parliament in English and British history. It followed the fiasco of the Short Parliament, which had convened for only three weeks during the spring of 1640 after an…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
First English Civil War
Part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1642–1646)
The First English Civil War took place in England and Wales from 1642 to 1646, and forms part of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. An estimated 15% to 20% of adult males in England and Wales served in the military at some point between 1639 and 1653, while around 4%…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)