Rebellion against Parliament emerges in Essex

Historical Context Note

Andrew Hopper (The University of Leicester)

Ed. by Jacqueline Eales, Canterbury Christ Church University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.04: English Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century, 1625-1688.
Vol. editors: Jennifer Brady (Rhodes College), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Neil Forsyth (Université de Lausanne), Claire Preston (Queen Mary, University of London), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University)

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Civil Wars, Revolutions and Insurrections

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Date of occurrence 1648-06-04

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England (Location)

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The second civil war in the spring and summer of 1648 comprised the invasion of England by the Scots Army of the Engagement, along with a series of local uprisings and mutinies across England and Wales in opposition to the Westminster Parliament. The rebellion in Essex, culminating in the lengthy siege of Colchester, was the most dangerous and finest led of these uprisings.

As elsewhere, discontent in Essex was rooted in the perception that Parliament’s victory in 1646 had brought the people no relief from wartime conditions. High taxation to support the New Model Army persisted, Parliament’s county committees were suspected of corruption and profiteering, and Westminster had failed to negotiate a peace settlement with Charles I. A petition of over twenty thousand signatures from

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Citation: Hopper, Andrew. "Rebellion against Parliament emerges in Essex". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 May 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=2342, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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