The Fifth Parliament (the “Long Parliament”) of Charles I dispatches the Propositions of Uxbridge to the king at Oxford.  There are 27 articles, numbers 2, 5, 14, 17, 20, 21 and 23 of which:

• Require the king to sign and adhere to the Solemn League and Covenant;
• The Churches of England and Scotland be brought into the greatest possible uniformity;
• Control of the Armies of England and Scotland brought under an independent commission;
• Parliamentary confirmation of all royal appointments made to the House of Lords;
• Parliamentary confirmation of all royal appointments of officers and judges;
• Education and marriage of the king’s children subject to the control of Parliament;
• The power to declare war and make peace subject to Parliament.

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