Tender of Union
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The Tender of Union was a declaration of the Parliament of England during the Interregnum following the War of the Three Kingdoms stating that Scotland would cease to have an independent parliament an
The Mercat Cross in Edinburgh, near to which the Tender of Union was proclaimed.
John Lambert (general)
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Major-General John Lambert was an English army officer and politician. Widely regarded as one of the most talented commanders of the era, he fought on the Parliamentarian side throughout the Wars of t
Portrait by Robert Walker, c. 1650
Thomas Fairfax; Lambert's mentor in the 1640s and commander of the New Model Army, he resigned in protest at the execution of Charles I in January 1649
Engraving of Lambert by Michael Vandergucht, 1717