See also:

• AGITATORS, or ADJUTATORS

AGITATORS, or ADJUTATORS  , the name given to representatives elected in 1647 by the different regiments of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

Parliamentary See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . The word really means an See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent, but itwas confused with " See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant," often called " agitant," a See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar to the soldiers, and thus the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form " adjutator " came into use . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in 1647 the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament wished either to disband many of the regiments or to send them to See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland . The soldiers, whose pay was largely in arrear, refused to accept either alternative, and eight of the See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry regiments elected See also:

• AGITATORS, or ADJUTATORS

agitators, called at first commissioners, who laid their grievances before the three generals, and whose See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter was read in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons on the 3oth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1647 . The other regiments followed the example of the cavalry, and the agitators, who belonged to the See also:

• LOWER

lower ranks of the army, were supported by many of the See also:

• OFFICERS

officers, who showed their sympathy by See also:

• SIGNING

signing the See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

Declaration of the army . See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell and other generals succeeded to some extent in pacifying the troops by promising the See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of arrears for eight See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks at once; but before the return of the generals to See also:

• LONDON

London parliament had again decided to disband the army, and soon afterwards fixed the 1st of See also:

• JUNE

June as the date on which this See also:

• PROCESS

process was to begin . Again alarmed, the agitators decided to resist; a See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny occurred in one See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment and the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt at disbandment failed . Then followed the seizure of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king by See also:

• CORNET,

Cornet Joyce, Cromwell's definite adherence to the policy of the army, the signing of the manifestoes, a Humble See also:

• REPRESENTATION

Representation and a See also:

• SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

Solemn Engagement and the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the army See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council composed of officers and agitators . Having, at an See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly on Thriplow See also:

• HEATH
• HEATH, BENJAMIN (1704-1766)
• HEATH, WILLIAM (1737—1814)

Heath, near See also:

• ROYSTON

Royston, virtually refused the offers made by parliament, the agitators demanded a See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march towards London and the " purging " of the House of Commons . Subsequent events are See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . Gradually the agitators ceased to exist, but many of their ideas were adopted by the See also:

• LEVELLERS

Levellers (q.v.), who may perhaps be regarded as their successors . See also:

• GARDINER
• GARDINER, JAMES (1688-1745)
• GARDINER, SAMUEL RAWSON (1829–1902)
• GARDINER, STEPHEN (c. 1493–1555)

Gardiner says of them, " Little as it was intended at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, nothing was more calculated than the existence of this elected See also:

• BODY

body of agitators to give to the army that distinctive See also:

• POLITICAL

political and religious See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character which it ultimately See also:

• BORE

bore." .

See S . R . Gardiner, History of the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, vols. iii. and iv . (London, 1905) .