Walking with the Ancestors - Civil War

Charles I and the 'Wellington Declaration'

Before the first major battle of the English Civil War had even been fought, Wellington was the scene of a highly significant moment in the early history of the conflict. It was on the outskirts of the town in 1642 that King Charles effectively declared war on his Parliament, when he vowed to defend the freedom and liberty of the Church and State against his enemies. The 'Declaration of Wellington', as it became known, was considered so important at the time that the Royal Mint issued new coinage to mark the delivery of Charles' famous speech. but just how did this monumental address come to be made in the town?