An unauthorised meeting was held at
Broadway in Worcestershire in January 1648, by about 80 officers from four or five
Parliamentary regiments.
[Another primary source "Rushworth's Collections Part IV Vol.2 (Vol. 7]
page 1012
" contradicts the first report and states that Herbert's regiment was not present. ) They met to discuss grievances, principally the issue of back pay.
One report in a letter read out in Parliament on 24 January 1648, suggested that up to 60 of the officers present were plotting a military uprising. However no uprising took place, whether that was because the
Derby House Committee took actions that pre-empted the insurrection or if there was no substance to the report is not known.
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1648 in England
Military history of Worcestershire
English Civil War
17th century in Worcestershire
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