Bishop's War

• UNDERLYING TENSIONS

  • This started to occur when there was a lack of support from Charles
  • Charles had portraits that showed him to be powerful and strong
  • In 1639 he believed that the English would easily defeat the Scottish. He did not think there would be an actual fight. The English would go to the Firth of Forth to cut Edinburgh off from the highlands. The English would assemble in York and scare the Scots.  
• THOMAS WENTWORTH’S ADVICE

  In 1639 Wentworth sent Charles £2000 for the coming war, however, he was disapproving about the invasion in Scotland.

  • He left Ireland to give the king more advice, this resulted in an Irish rebellion.
• FIRST BISHOPS WAR


  JUNE 1639
• First Bishops War


  Charles gathered a poorly trained army of about 20,000 men. The Scottish army had 12,000 and camped a few miles away from the English on the border of Scotland and England. There was confrontation but there was no fighting, however, the following day one person was killed.
• CONSEQUENCES


  Charles had underestimated the Scots

  Charles did not have support from him own nobility.

  Army was not ready to take on Scotland.

  • He did not know the extent of hatred the Scots had for him
• PACIFICATION OF BERWICK


  June 1639
• PACIFICATION OF BERWICK


  Charles joined his troops in Berwick and said he would not invade the Scots if their army remained 10 miles away. The Treaty of Berwick was signed to temporarily resolve issues, agreeing both armies would disband. 
• 1640: SECOND BISHOPS’ WAR

  The Scots crossed the border and cut London off from coal supplies

  • Charles demanded to try take on the Scots alone, this would end in disaster.
• Treaty of Ripon 


  October 1640
• TREATY OF RIPON


  The Scots forced Charles to sign the treaty with the following conditions: the Scots would stay in Newcastle; Charles would pay £850 for them to stay there. Negotiations would continue when another parliament was called, this was designed to give them the advantage. This resulted in the Long Parliament.