Surrender of Charles I  (141 words)  Short Note This is a short
note  At the beginning of 1645, King Charles I and Parliament
had made an attempt to negotiate an end to the First Civil War,
via the Treaty of Uxbridge. However, neither side was prepared
to compromise sufficiently, in part because both felt they had a
good chance of winning the war. What Charles did not know at the
time, however, was the strength of the New Model Army, which was
just being formed on the order of Parliament in winter 1645.
Over the following year, they won a series of decisive battles,
and, in alliance with the Scottish Covenanters, eventually
forced the King into defeat. He surrendered at Newark on 5th May
1646. However, on secret terms negotiated by an envoy from
Cardinal Mazarin, made sure he surrendered to the …   Related
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