The Scots and the Rebellion in Northern Ireland

Two thirds to four fifths of the settlers in ulster were actually scottish presbyterians. The scots wound up sending an army of ten thousand over to ulster to protect, slash, avenge their people. And they were pretty brutal themselves when they got there. In september of 16 forty three, all these threads joined together right around the time charles and essex were having it out at newbury. That was quite an ace for parliament to drop on the table. But as the parliamentary cause was being so bolstered, it was also starting to fracture internally. A big cause of this internal fracturing was the supremely ill timed death of john pim he had been