Charles I 1640 - 49 - Foreign Policy

Question 1

1640 Cumbernauld Band

Answer 1

Many radicals in Scotland believed that the alliance with the Covenanters had gone too far. 18 Scottish nobles, including Earl of Montrose, signed the Cumbernauld Band desiring to defend the King, showing divisions in Scotland. Charles accepted the abolition of bishops in Scotland.

Question 1

1641 Scot’s stance on Wentworth

Answer 1

In response to Bedford’s bridging appointments, the Scot’s declared they would not make peace unless Bishops were removed from Scotland and Wentworth was dead.

Question 2

1642 The ‘Incident’

Answer 2

Charles was linked to a royalist plot to kidnap radical Scottish Covenanter leaders, which ruined his chances of gaining support from the Scots.

Question 3

1641 – 42 Irish Rebellion

Answer 3

An uprising initiated by Irish Catholics of English policies imposed by Charles. Fears of Catholicism and invasion were heightened by media representation of the massacres, numbers ranged from 3,000 to 12,000