Broadway meeting explained
An unauthorised meeting was held at Broadway in Worcestershire in January 1648, by about 80 officers from four or five Parliamentary regiments.[1] [2] They met to discuss grievances, principally the issue of back pay.
One report in a letter read out in Parliament on 24 January 1648, suggested that up to 60 of the officers present were plotting a military uprising. However no uprising took place, whether that was because the Derby House Committee took actions that pre-empted the insurrection or if there was no substance to the report is not known.
References
- Book: Willis-Bund, John William . John William Willis-Bund
. John William Willis-Bund . 2008 . 1905 . The Civil War In Worcestershire, 1642-1646: And the Scotch Invasion Of 1651 . Birmingham . READ BOOKS . 978-1-4437-7438-3 .
- Book: London Institution Library . William . Upcott . William Upcott . Edward William . Brayley . Edward William Brayley . Richard . Thomson . Richard Thomson (antiquarian) . 1840 . A Catalogue of the Library of the London Institution: Systematically Classed, proceeded An historical and bibliographical account of the tracts and pamhplets . Printed for the London Institution by C. Skipper and East. 2.
- Book: Rushworth, John . 1708 . Mr. Rushworth's Historical Collections: Abridg'd and improv'd. From April 1646 to January 1648 . 6 . printed in London.
Notes and References
- Colonels Kempson, Ayre, Herbert's regiments, another Regiment of Foot, and of Colonel Cook's Regiment of Horse.
- Another primary source "Rushworth's Collections Part IV Vol.2 (Vol. 7) page 1012." contradicts the first report and states that Herbert's regiment was not present.)