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Great Scale and Reading Siege Report in Parliament
The House of Commons debates royal authority to raise and fund armed forces for Reading and surrounding areas. A committee is empowered to levy sequestered estates to pay the army under the Earl of Essex and Sir William Waller, with funds also supporting Lord Fairfax. A motion to sequestrate Lady Brooke’s estate proceeds to aid her daughters, while reports from Norfolk and Lincolnshire outline northern advances against royal forces.
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Righe
Reading
Loxdox
Essex
Commons House
Monyes
Sir Williams Wallers
Brooke Widdow
Filliam Brooke
Commons
Lynn
Adanche
Lord Fairfax