The Historians Guide, Part 1 · Year 1644 – Year 1647
date Mar. 29. BRandon or Chericondown Fight.
date Apr. 3. Longford House in Shropshire, surrendred to Prince Rupert.
Lord John Stuart died at Abbington.
date 5 Interred at Oxford.
date 6 Tongue-Castle surrendred to Prince Rupert.
date 17 Queen began her Journey from Oxford to the West; took her leave of the K. at Abbington.
date 22 Stutcomb taken by Prince Maurice.
date May 11. Reading dismantled by the King.
date 25 Stopford in Cheshire taken; and
date 26 Latham House relieved by Prince Rupert.
date 28, 29. Prince Rupert stormed and took Bolton in Lancashire, in which were killed about eight hundred, and six hundred taken prisoners.
date Jun. 3. The King with his Army, went from Oxford towards Worcester.
date 4 Essex's Army passed Chatwel.
date 5 Marched to Chipping-Norton.
date 6 Returned to Burford, and there deputed Waller to pursue the King.
date 12 Bristol House taken by Colonel Gage.
date 16 Princess Henrietta born at Exeter.
date 20 Colonel Shuttleworth defeated at Blackburn by Prince Rupert.
date 30 Waller defeated at Copredy Bridge.
date Jul. 2, 3. York relieved by Prince Rupert, after which happened that Fight on Marstone Moor.
date 15 Queen arrived at Brest in Bretany.
date 16 York delivered to the Rebels.
date 19 Burleigh House near Stamford, storm'd by Oliver Cromwel.
date Aug. 15. Lesthithiel taken by the King.
date Sep. 1. Essex fled in a Cock-boat to Plimouth.
date 2 His Infantry submitted to the King.
date 14 Basing relieved by Col. Gage.
date Sep. 17. The second Fight at Newbury.
date Octo. 6. A great Fire in Oxford.
date 19 Newcastle, after a long Siege surrendred to the Scots.
date 25 Banbury Siege rais'd by the E. of Northampton.
date 27 Newbury second Battle.
date 30 The King's Army marched through Oxford.
date Nov. 1. The King and Prince Charles to Oxford.
The Lord Macmahone having been tryed and found guilty of high Treason, was executed at Tyburn.
The King Rendezvouzed on Burlington Green.
date 7 Dennington Siege raised by the King.
date 9 The King marched to Hungerford.
date 17 Basing Siege raised.
Three Suns appeared in London.
date 26 The Common-Prayer Book voted down.
date 27 The King returned to Oxford.
date Dec. 7. Sir John Hotham and his Son, sentenced to be beheaded.
date 23 Sir Alexander Carey beheaded.
date 25 Col. William Legg made Governor of Oxford.
date 31 Sir Tho. Fairfax voted General for the Rebels The Earl of Essex cashiered.
Mr. L'Estrange (niw Sir Roger) condemned to die for an Attempt upon Lyn Regis.
date Jan. 1. Hothams, the Father and Son, beheaded.
date 2 Mr. L'Estrange reprieved.
date 10 Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded.
date 11 A Skirmish at Cullom Bridge, where Sir H. Gage was slain.
date 14 Prince Maurice set out from Exeter towards Worcester.
date 30 Uxbridge Treaty began.
date Feb. 19. Fairfax with great formality receiv'd his Commission from the House of Commons.
date 20 Macquire, an Irish Baron, having been try'd and found guilty of High Treason, was hang'd at Tyburn.
date Feb. 22. Uxbridge Treaty ended.
Shrewsbury surprized by the Rebels.
date 25 Col. Rossiter defeated near Melton Mowbray.
date Mar. 1. Pontefract relieved, and the Rebels defeated by Sir Marmaduke Langdale.
date Mar. 2. The Scots come over the River Tine.
date 5 Prince Charles sets out from Oxford towards the West.
date 10 The Parliament at Oxford adjourned till October the tenth next.
Prince Charles came to Bristol.
date 24 The House of Commons Voted that the Clause (for the Preservation of his Majesties Person) should be left out in Sir Thomas Fairfax's Commission.
date Apr. 14. HIgh Archal Siege raised.
date 21 Col. Massey defeated at Ledbury by Prince Rupert.
date 24 Blackington House delivered up to the Rebels.
date 25 Col. Windebank sentenc'd for it.
date May 3. Col. Windebank shot to death at Oxford.
date 4 Aldern Battle in Scotland won by Montross.
date 7 The King marched from Oxford.
date 22 Oxford the first time besieged.
date 23 Godstow House quitted.
date 26 Feversham taken by the Rebels.
date 30 Leicester besieged by the King.
date 31 Stormed and taken.
date Jun. 1. Gaunt House yielded.
date 2 A Salley made out of Oxford, after which General Fairfax raised his Siege.
date 14 The fatal Battle of Naseby.
date 18 Leicester and Hougham Garrison near Grantham regained by the Rebels.
date 27 Highworth surrendred.
date 28 Carlisle yielded to the Scots upon honorable Terms by Sir Thomas Glenham.
date Jul. 4. The Scotch Army at Tamworth.
date 10 The King's Forces defeated at Langport.
date 13 The Scotch Army sat down before Hereford.
date 21 Pontefract Castle delivered to the Rebels.
date 23 Bridgewater also.
date 25 Scarborough the like.
date 31 Bath surrendred.
date Aug. 6. The Club-men rooted on Hamilton Hill.
date 17 Sherbourn Castle taken by the Rebels.
Montross defeated the Scotch Army at Ketsith, near Glascow in Scotland.
A Marriage proposed betwixt Prince Charles and Portugal.
date 23 Huntington taken by the King.
date 24 General Fairfax sate down before Bristol.
date 27 The Lord Keeper Littleton died.
The King came to Oxford.
date 30 The King marched to Morton Henmarsh.
date Sep. 2. The Scots raised their Siege from before Hereford.
date 6 The Parliament's Quarters were beat up at Tamworth. Captain Gardiner was slain there.
date 10 Bristol surrendred to General Fairfax.
date 13 Montross defeated at Philiphaugh in Scotland.
date 22 The King's Army routed at Routon Heath, and slain there the L. Berty Staart E of Litchfield.
date 23, 26. The Devises of Winchester taken by Cromwel.
date Oct. 1. Sandal Castle surrendred to the Rebels.
date 14 Basing-House taken, and in it the noble Marquess of Winchester.
date 15 The L. Digby defeated at Sherbourn in Dorsetshire.
date Nov. 3. The King returned to Oxford.
date 5 Bolton Castle yielded to the Rebels.
date 16 Beeston Castle the like.
date Dec. 4. Latham House also.
date 18 Hereford surprized.
date Jan. 19. Wormleighton House burnt.
date 17 Dartmouth stormed and taken by the Rebels.
date Feb. 2. Belvoir Castle delivered to the Rebels.
Westchester the like.
date 16 Torrington stormed and taken by the Rebels.
date 25 Launceston quitted by the King.
date 28 Saltash likewise.
date 29 Lizzard also.
date Mar. 3. Mount Edgcomb yielded.
Foy quitted by the King.
date 11 Earl of Litchfield interred at Oxford.
date 14 The Lord Hopton accepted …f Conditions for disbanding his Army near Stow.
date 21 Sir Jacob Astley, who was the last hopes of the King's Army, defeated near Stow.
date Mar. 25. DEnnington surrendred to the Rebels.
date Apr. 7. Barnstable Town surrendred to the Rebels, and the Fort some few days after.
date Apr. 8. Ruthen Castle delivered:
Corfe Castle taken.
date 13 Exeter delivered.
date 15 St. Michaels Mount yielded.
date 25 Prince Rupert's Troops disbanded.
Dunster Castle delivered.
date 26 Woodstock surrendred.
date 27 The King went disguised from Oxford.
date May 2. Oxford besieged the second time by General Fairfax.
date 5 The K. came to the Scotch Army at Southwel.
date 6 The Magazine for Provisions in Oxford first opened.
date 11 Banbury and Newark surrendred.
date 13 The King carried to Newcastle by the Scots.
Dudley Castle surrendred to Sir Will. Brereton, by Col. Levison Governour for the King.
date 18 A Treaty began at Oxford.
date 24 Radnor surrendred.
date 31 The Stream of Isis, at Oxford, turned into the old Channel.
date Jun. 2. Ca…narvan surrendred by the Lord Byron.
date 9 Ludlow delivered.
date 10 Berstal the like.
date 17 A Cessation of Arms at Oxford.
date 22 The Treaty there ended.
date 24 Oxford and Farrington surrendred.
date Jul. 9. The Duke of York's Servants discharged.
date 15 Prince Rupert went for France, and Prince Maurice for the Hague.
date 16 … Close surrendred.
date 22 Worcester the like.
date 24 The Princess Henrietta conveyed from Oatlands by the Lady Dalkeith.
date 28 Wallingford Castle surrendred.
date 31 Gothridge the like.
Pendennis yielded.
Conway taken by storm.
date Aug. 8. The True Great Seal of England broken and defaced.
Scots sold the King for 200000 l.
date 12 Sir I. Stowel committed Prisoner to Ely house.
date 19 Ragland surrendred.
date Sep. 14. The Earl of Essex died at Essex House.
date 16 Scilly Island and Castle surrendred.
date Oct. 10. Dunkirk surrendred to the French.
date Oct. 22. The Earl of Essex's Funeral.
date 26 Denbigh Castle surrendred.
date Nov. 12. General Fairfax triumphantly marched to London.
date Feb 1. The Scotch Army marched into Scotland, having received their money for the King.
date 12 Berwick quitted by the Scots.
date 17 King Charles brought prisoner to Holmby.
date Mar. 14. The Prince of Orange, aged 63 years, died of a Fever.
date May 31. MOntross commanded by the King to lay down Arms till his Majesties further Pleasure.
date Jun. 4. The King taken from Holmby, by Cornet Joyce, and carried to Childersley.
date 8 Thence to Newmarket.
date 24 To Royston.
date Jul. 1. To Hatfield.
date 3 To Windsor.
date 5 To Caversham, where the Prince Elector visited him.
date 11 To Maidenhead, where his Royal Highness the Duke of York dined with him.
date 13 The Town and Castle of Pembroke surrendred to Cromwel upon Articles.
date 22 To Latimer.
date 30 Thence to Stoke.
The City declared against the Army.
date Aug. 7. The Army marched into London, where the Forts and Outworks were slighted.
date 14 The King at Oatlands.
date 23 The King dined at Sion House.
date 24 Thence to Hampton Court.
date Nov. 11. The King escaped into the Isle of Wight from Hampton Court, but was kept Prisoner by Col. Hammond in Carisbroke Castle.
date Jan. 30. Voted that no further Addresses be made to the King.
date Feb. 10. Captain Burleigh murdered at Winton.
date 14 Judge Jenkins brought to the Bar, where he denied the Power of the Court.