Editing Heworth, York (section)

===1642 Meeting on Heworth Moor===
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During the summer of 1642 both the Parliamentary party and King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] negotiated with each other while preparing for war.

When Charles endeavoured to raise a guard for his own person at [[York]], intending it, as the event afterwards proved, to form the nucleus of an army, [[Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron|Lord Fairfax]] was required by Parliament to present a petition to his sovereign, entreating Charles to hearken to the voice of his Parliament, and to discontinue the raising of troops. This was at a great meeting of the freeholders and farmers of [[Yorkshire]] convened by the king on Heworth Moor on 3 June near York. Charles evaded receiving the petition, pressing his horse forward, but [[Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron|Thomas Fairfax]] followed him and placed the petition on the pommel of the king's saddle.<ref name="EB-130">{{EB1911|wstitle=Fairfax of Cameron, Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron |inline=1 |volume=10 |page=130}}</ref>