Henry Vane Biography and Timeline

Great Council of Peers

Vane advises Charles during the emergency meeting of peers at York.

Role range: 1640-1641

Peace Negotiations Recommended

Vane participates in discussions recommending negotiation with the Scottish army.

Role range: 1640-1641

Privy Council Notes Evidence

Notes from Vane's council papers were used to support the allegation that Strafford proposed using the Irish army in England.

Role range: 1640-1641

Root and Branch Bill Support

Vane supports introduction of the bill against episcopacy.

Committee of Safety Appointment

Vane joins Parliament's Committee of Safety to coordinate military administration.

Role range: 1642-1649

Committee of Safety

Vane joins the Committee of Safety directing Parliament's war administration.

Role range: 1642-1649

Military Administration Committee

Vane helps organise military policy and supplies through the Committee of Safety.

Role range: 1642-1649

Mission to Scotland

Vane serves among Parliament's commissioners in Scotland seeking military cooperation against the Royalists.

Role range: 1642-1649

Solemn League Drafting

Vane helps negotiate the Anglo-Scottish agreement that develops into the Solemn League and Covenant.

Role range: 1642-1649

Alliance Parliament and Scotland

Helps form an alliance between Parliament & Scotland

Role range: 1642-1649

Committee of Both Kingdoms

Appointed Member of Committee of Both Kingdoms

Role range: 1642-1649

Joint War Strategy

Vane works through the Committee of Both Kingdoms to coordinate Parliamentarian and Scottish military policy.

Role range: 1642-1649

Committee of Both Kingdoms

Appointed Member of Committee of Both Kingdoms

Parliamentary Opposition

Opposes Cromwellian constitutional arrangements in the Protectorate Parliament

Role range: 1654-1655