Ripon, Treat of (26 October 1640)

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Treaty that ended the Second Bishop's War between Charles I of England and the Scots. Charles was forced to allow the Scots to keep control of Northumberland and Durham, and to pay them ?850 a day until the issue was settled. Charles was forced to summon the Long Parliament, in an attempt to resolve the issue, which eventually led to the English Civil War.

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