The York muster of 1639 revealed the structural weakness of English military capacity after decades of peace. The army that Charles I assembled for the First Bishops War was poorly equipped, unpaid and in low morale. Officers reported that their men were unwilling to fight the Scots. The failure to build an effective army at York forced Charles into negotiation. The muster exposed the bankruptcy of both royal finances and the militia system.
English army c.15,000-20,000; poorly equipped and unreliable
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