England · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Scots had declared for Charles II, and the council of state resolved to send an army to Scotland in order to prevent an invasion of England, Fairfax resigns his commission. Cromwell is appointed Fairaxs successor, "captain-general and Commander in Chief of all the forces raised or to be raised at authority of Parliament within the Commonwealth of England"
Fairfax receives a pension of 5000 pounds a year, and lives in retirement at his Yorkshire home of Nunappleton
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