of their sixteen children moved in, in 1631. Four years later, Aston Hall was complete. The Civil War The First English Civil War started in 1642 until 1651 and it caused division among the country as to whose side they were on. The war was a battle between the Parliament and King Charles 1, who was the leader of the Royalists. Conflict between the two had always been there as Charles had never gotten on with the Parliament ever since the start of his reign. The disagreement between the two started
this manner it was crucial that Charles capitalized quickly and decisively upon his early advantage. Unfortunately for him by allowing his army to be drawn into battle at Edgehill he missed the opportunity to do this. However, the door was not shut entirely in the Kings face and most historians agree that were it not for the battle fought for Parliament by the voluntary London Trained Bands at Turnham Green then the king would probably have had an open road to London. As Angela Anderson puts
things, but the key is leadership, or lack of it, and could this sway an entire battle? And is it Possible that each battle was just a piece in the puzzle of Charles grand plan to win the war, but inevitably lost it. Rally the troops! Leadership lost the civil war! Throughout the entirety of the war many battles, were fought , Edge Hill (first in 1642) for example, was a strategic challenge. Each of these battles would decide , who had the upper hand, logistic wise and ideologically, Moral
Huntingdon, from 1628-1629. He had no fighting experience then, and was very worried about the Roundhead army, at the battle of Edgehill. Cromwell then went home to Huntingdon, and began to train his own army. Cromwell was a magnificent soldier. He created a whole new army from scratch, and he trained his army, in a special and unique way. Cromwell would do anything to win his battles, and beat Prince Rupert and if it meant making a whole new army, than so be it. To do this, he picked his people
Charles I was born in Fife Scotland on 19 November 1600, being the second son of James VI of Scotland and of Anne of Denmark. He became king because of the death of his brother, Prince Henry, in 1612. He was the second Stuart King of England, in 1625. Charles was reserved, self-righteous and, had a residual stammer. As king he believed in the divine right. He was a linguist and spent a lot on the arts. He had a great collection of Van Dyck's, Rubenss, Raphael's, and Titian's. His expenditure on