The "Wellington Declaration" (otherwise known as the Declaration of Wellington) was a manifesto by King Charles I near the start of the

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. On 18 September 1642, before the first major

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of Civil War, King Charles I raised his standard "in the vicinity of" (i.e. not actually in)

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, at the time a small, though highly influential, market town in

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and addressed his troops the next day. He declared that he would uphold "the Protestant Religion, the Laws of England, and the Liberty of Parliament". The ''Wellington Declaration'' was held to be so important that the

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stamped its slogans on the reverse of the 10/- silver coins ''RELIG:PROT:LEG:ANG:LIBER:PAR'' and silver half crowns (2/6) ''REL.PRO.LEG.ANG.LIB.PAR'' that it produced at that time. The inscriptions abbreviate the words "''RELIGIO PROTESTANTIUM, LEGES ANGLIAE, LIBERTAS PARLIAMENTI''", which is the declaration in

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