Eastern Association

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The Eastern Association was a Parliamentarian regional army alliance in eastern England during the First English Civil War, noted for its early military successes against Royalist forces.

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instanceOf Parliamentarian army
regional military alliance
activeIn Cambridgeshire
Essex
Hertfordshire
Huntingdonshire
Lincolnshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
alliedWith Scottish Covenanters
conflict First English Civil War
linked to: English Civil War
country Kingdom of England
disbanded 1645
disbandedInto New Model Army
engagedInBattle Battle of Gainsborough
Battle of Winceby
Siege of Lincoln (1644)
Siege of York (as part of the campaign leading to Marston Moor)
established 1642
formedBy Parliament of England
fundedBy Parliamentary assessments
local taxation in associated counties
governedBy committee of local gentry and MPs
hasCommander Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
Lord Grey of Warke
Oliver Cromwell
Sir John Palgrave
hasNotableMember Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
Oliver Cromwell
Sir Thomas Fairfax
hasNotableUnit Cromwell's Ironsides
hasTheaterOfOperations East Anglia
East Midlands
language English
locatedIn eastern England
militaryBranch artillery
cavalry
infantry
notedFor early military successes against Royalists
opposedTo Royalist forces
partOf Parliamentarian forces
politicalAlignment Parliamentarian
religiousAlignment largely Puritan
role defence of eastern counties for Parliament
offensive operations against Royalist strongholds in the Midlands and North
significance helped secure Parliamentarian control of eastern England
provided experienced troops and officers for the New Model Army
supportedBy Eastern Association Committee
timePeriod 1642–1645

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Eastern Association army partOf Eastern Association