1643
Dec-Jan Hertford had appointed Hopton as his general of horse and they tried to recruit in Dorset and Somerset without much success. Hertford sailed to Wales to raise forces there while Hopton rode on to Cornwall. Hertford recruited regiments of foot and moved on through Worcester to Burford in the Cotswolds. Bristol, Gloucester and Cirencester were all held by Parliament and Hertford was cut off from his troops in the South-West.

Newcastle in the North was occupied fighting Fairfax.

 The Royalist command consisted of three areas - 
  • The North : commander-in-chief William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle; 
  • The South-West : commander-in-chief William Seymour, Marquess of Hertford;
  • The Centre : commanded by the King.

 
Jan 6 Rupert left Oxford to join Hertford.
Jan 19 Braddock Down Royalist victory for Hopton.
Jan 21 Parliament decrees that the forces of Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire be 'formed into a body'. The South-Eastern Association is formed. In fact, Surrey opted out choosing to defend itself.
Jan 23 Fairfax takes Leeds and Wakefield.
Jan 28 Battle of Nantwich
Feb 2 Rupert and Hertford capture Cirencester. Royalist victory
Feb 7 Incident at Coleford
Feb 22 The Queen arrives from Holland at Bridlington. ..with a large shipment of munitions.
Feb 27- Feb 29 First siege of Newark - Parliamentarian forces fail to capture Newark. Newark was considered to be the gateway to the North
Mar 19 Hopton Heath Royalist victory
Mar 21 Waller captures Malmesbury
Mar 23 Grantham falls to the Royalists after a brief struggle.
Waller routs Lord Herbert's Welsh troops at Highnam House.
Mar 30 Fairfax is defeated by Goring at Seacroft Moor
Apr 13 Ripple Field - Prince Maurice chases Sir William Waller back into Tewkesbury.
Apr 20 Rupert captures Lichfield. Royalist victory
Apr 24 Waller takes Hereford.
Apr 25 Hopton loses to the Earl of Stamford at Sourton.

Royalist attempt to relieve Reading is thwarted at Caversham Bridge.

 Parliament victory
Apr 27 Essex takes Reading.
May Edmund Waller's plot to seize London for the King is discovered.
May 16 Hopton defeats Stamford at Stratton. Royalist victory
Jun 10 Essex starts to move towards Oxford, stopping at Thame.
Jun 17 Essex sends a troop to secure a crossing of the River Cherwell at Islip but fails.
Jun 18 Chalgrove Field Royalist victory
Jun 30 In the North, Newcastle marches on Bradford and meets Fairfax at Adwalton Moor. Royalist victory.
July 3 The Queen leaves Newark with an escort of 4000 men and moves south to join the King
July 5 Hertford and Hopton defeat Waller at Lansdown Hill. Royalist victory
July 11 The Queen meets Rupert at Stratford.
July 13 Wilmot defeats Waller at Roundway Down Royalist victory
July 20 Willoughby captures Gainsborough for Parliament Parliament victory
July 26 Siege of Bristol ends. Royalist victory
July 30 Gainsborough retaken by Newcastle Royalist victory
Parliament appoints the Earl of Manchester as commander of the armies in the Midlands. His orders are to prevent Newcastle's advance on London.
Aug 10 Siege of Gloucester by Royalists begins.
Aug 17 Solemn League and Covenant first proposed.
Sept 4 Maurice takes Exeter
Sept 5 Gloucester relieved by Essex.
Sept 15 Truce with Irish rebels means that English troops can return to fight for the King.
Sept 16 Manchester takes King's Lynn
Sept 18 Rupert harasses Essex at Aldbourne Chase.
Sept 20 Rupert cuts off Essex's return to London at the First Battle of Newbury but fails to destroy the Parliamentarian army.
Sept 25 Parliament signs the Solemn League and Covenant.
Sept 28 Essex returns to London.
Oct 6 Maurice takes Dartmouth. Royalist victory
Oct 11 Battle of Winceby.
Royalists abandon the siege of HUll.		 Parliament victory
Oct 20 Lincoln surrenders to the Earl of Manchester.
Nov 1 Action at Basing House
Nov 9 Brereton takes Wrexham for Parliament - a problem for the returning Royalist troops from Ireland. The Civil War in Wales was mainly concentrated on the Northern and Southern routes to Ireland.
Nov 13 Ormond is appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
Nov 23 Parliament agrees terms for an alliance with the Scots.
Dec 2 Arundel castle falls to the Royalists.
Dec 8 John Pym dies of cancer
Dec 9 Royalist capture of Arundel castle Royalist victory
Dec 13 Waller takes Alton. Parliament victory