Civil War Edict and Yorke Proximity Report from 1644
Reports from Parliament describe Scotland forces near York with Lord Fairfax and the Earle of Manchester signaling a possible treaty. The Commons debate funding for Sir William Waller’s army, with measures to raise horse and foot in Wiltshire and expanding associations in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, and Hereford. The Canterbury case revisits anti popery and Arminian controversies, urging expunging pamphlets and restraining books deemed against doctrine.