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Turmoil and marching orders amid Scottish Covenanter troubles
Amid reports from September 1648 Cromwell’s army moves near Durham and Northumberland as Parliamentarian forces pursue Scots. Descriptions detail plundering, terror against civilians, and ministers opposing covenants. Warnings of marches to Morpeth and Carlisle surface with emphasis on coal pits, logistics, and shifting loyalties.
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Martins
Duke Hamilton
Moore
Morpeth
Colepits
Scotland
Azarquis
Argile
Lord Lanorick
Craford
Lanorick
England
Kelly
Banbury
Barwick
Lodowick
Azarquesse
Northumberland
Cromwell
M. G. Lambert
Carlisle