Eastern Association
Parliamentarian group of counties in the English Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the professional baseball league (1882–1914) in the United States, see Eastern Association (baseball).
The Eastern Association of counties was an administrative organisation set up by Parliament in the early years of the First English Civil War. Its main function was to finance and support an army which became a mainstay of the Parliamentarian military effort until early 1645. In January 1644 committeemen of the Eastern Association gathered at the Bury Conference to discuss their concerns as regards the proposed New Model Army. However in the following months many of its units were incorporated into this new military formation.[1]: 191
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