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| 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 -
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| 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 |