What the records say
- When
- 1642
- Kind
- Treaty
- Coordinates
- 54.60° N, 2.00° W
- Description
- 1642 proposal to keep Yorkshire neutral during the English Civil War
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Treaty of Neutrality (Yorkshire)
1642 proposal to keep Yorkshire neutral during the English Civil War
The Treaty of Neutrality signed on 29 September 1642 by Lord Fairfax for Parliament and Henry Bellasis for the Royalists, the two Knights of the Shire who represented Yorkshire in Parliament, with the support and agreement of other gentlemen of the county, in the hope of avoiding civil war in Yorkshire. The treaty was disowned by Parliament on 4 October 1642.
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