The Self-denying Ordinance was passed by the English Parliament on 3 April 1645. All members of the House of Commons or Lords who were also officers in the Parliamentary army or navy were required to
The Earl of Manchester, a leader of the Peace Party
The New Model Army or New Modelled Army was a standing army formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the First English Civil War, then disbanded after the Stuart Restoration in 1660. It differed
Sir Thomas Fairfax, appointed commander of the New Model Army in April 1645
Oliver Cromwell, appointed commander of the cavalry
Drill manual for musketeers