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The "
Wellington Declaration
" (otherwise known as the
Declaration of Wellington
) was a manifesto by King
Charles I
near the start of the
English Civil War
.
On 18 September 1642,
[1]
before the first major
pitched battle
of Civil War, King Charles I raised his standard "in the vicinity of" (i.e. not actually in)
Wellington
, at the time a small, though highly influential, market town in
Shropshire
and addressed his troops the next day. He declared that he would uphold "the Protestant Religion, the Laws of England, and the Liberty of Parliament".
[2]
The
Wellington Declaration
was held to be so important that the
Royal Mint
stamped its slogans on the reverse of the 10/- silver coins
RELIG:PROT:LEG:ANG:LIBER:PAR
[3]
and silver half crowns (2/6)
REL.PRO.LEG.ANG.LIB.PAR
[4]
that it produced at that time. The inscriptions abbreviate the words "
RELIGIO PROTESTANTIUM, LEGES ANGLIAE, LIBERTAS PARLIAMENTI
", which is the declaration in
Latin
.
[5]
References
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- ^
Daly, Peter Maurice; et al. (1995),
The English Emblem Tradition: Emblematic flag devices of the English civil wars, 1642-1660
, vol. 3 of Index emblematicus, University of Toronto Press, p.
xxxviii
,
ISBN
978-0-8020-5739-6
- ^
Purvey, P. F. (1996),
Coins of England and the United Kingdom
, vol. 1 (31 ed.), Sanford J Durs,
ISBN
978-0-7134-7677-4
p. 189
- ^
Hammered Silver "Declaration" Half Pound of Charles I
- ^
The reverse of an Exeter half-crown
- ^
British Museum Dept. Of Coins Medals (2009),
Coins and Medals: Their Place in History and Art
, BiblioBazaar, LLC,
ISBN
978-1-110-17839-1
p. 134
Further reading
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