Army Plots (1641)
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The 1641 Army Plots were two separate alleged attempts by supporters of Charles I of England to use the army to crush the Parliamentary opposition in the run-up to the First English Civil War. The pla
King Charles I
John Pym
George Goring (right) with Mountjoy Blount (left), to whom he revealed details of the First Army Plot
The Long Parliament in session, 1640
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford was an English statesman who played a major role in the period leading up to the outbreak of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A prominent supporter of Charles I,
Army Plots (1641)
…between March and May 1641. Despite defeat in the Bishops' Wars, the recall of Parliament in November 1640 and its prosecution of William Laud and Strafford, as ever Charles sought to regain any ground lost to his opponents. Encouraged by the defection of Covenanters like Montrose, he hoped to break the…
Portrait by Anthony van Dyck, 1639
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford in an Armour, 1639, another portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck
The Earl of Strafford with his secretary, Sir Philip Mainwaring
Detailed engraving of trial of Strafford by Wenceslas Hollar, labelling various people who were present