| In March 1644 the Royalists under Lord Hopton and the Parliamentarians under Sir William Waller were heading for a showdown. |
| Political unrest and reform were sweeping across Europe, highlighted in England by the Civil War between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians. |
| They were going to play the role of Parliamentarians and were determined to look the part. |
| On one side were the Royalists, on the other the Parliamentarians, or, as they are better known, the Cavaliers and Roundheads. |
| Parliamentarians should be mindful of this and take the lead rather than hold back and be over-run by the process. |
| The Parliamentarians were clapped in irons and taken away to Oxford to gaol. |
