421 Completing the Settlements

421 Completing the Settlements

Under the hands of Charles Fleetwood and Henry Cromwell in Ireland, and Lord Broghill and George Monck in Scotland, the decisions of the Rump were played out

Between 1654 and 1657, the the Tender of Union with Scotland and the Act of Settlement of Ireland were played out. They were very different in character. Over the following centuries, the former was largely consigned to a historical footnote. The second remains a source of anger and division.

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