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11 September 1645, Prince Rupert surrendered the last Royalist port, to Sir Thomas Fairfax. Rupert had no option due to disease and being outgunned, but a furious Charles I stripped him of his offices. Images from our collection.

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2021-09-11

7 September 1642 the Royalist commander of George Goring surrendered the town under generous terms to Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller. Thread 1/2

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2021-09-07

Newark 1642 Charles I raised his standard officially starting the To celebrate, this week we will provide educational activities that can use in the classroom to teach this fascinating period!

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2021-08-22

31 July 1645 Bath in Somerset was captured in a surprise attack by Parliamentarian forces led by Colonel John Okey. Okey was a commissioner at Charles I's trial in 1649, and executed as a Regicide in 1662. Image in our collection.

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2021-07-31

24 June 1643 John Hampden died of his wounds sustained days before at the Battle of Chalgrove Field. His loss was a severe blow to the Parliamentarian cause, as he was a moderating force between the various factions in Parliament.

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2021-06-24

a happy fairfax and a very stressed fairfax from recent post-essay drawing sessions :-) the fairfax emotional spectrum

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2021-05-25

20 April 1643 Prince Rupert's engineers detonated the first ever explosive mine used in England to breach the defences and retake Close.

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2021-04-20

9 April 1644 Parliamentarian forces under Sir William Waller stormed Winchester. They captured the town but the Royalist garrison held out in the castle.

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2021-04-09

29 March 1644 was the Battle of Cheriton (Alresford) in Hampshire. Sir William Waller defeated Lord Hopton and Lord Forth, ending the Royalist advance in the south-east.

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18 March 1643 Royalist forces under the Earl of Derby summoned Lancaster to surrender, to be rejected by the Mayor. "Enraged to see their sauciness" the Royalists plundered much of the town but were unable to capture the castle. (NPG)

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3 December 1642 The Earl of Newcastle entered securing it for King Charles I. It would remain a Royalist stronghold for the next two years.

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25 November 1644 Oliver Cromwell denounced the Earl of Manchester's leadership of the Eastern Association army in Parliament. The ensuing debates led to reforms in Parliament’s armies and increased professionalisation of its officers.

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11 October 1643 was the Battle of Winceby in Lincolnshire, where Parliamentary forces under Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell defeated Sir John Henderson. As well as helping secure Lincolnshire, it started a partnership which would win the First

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2020-10-11

9 October 1643 Parliamentary forces under the Earl of Manchester, Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell were besieging Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire.

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14 September 1645 King Charles I, influenced by Prince Rupert's enemies at court, dismissed him from his service for surrendering Bristol. Rupert would subsequently demand and be exonerated by a Court Martial.

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11 September 1645, Prince Rupert surrendered the last Royalist port, to Sir Thomas Fairfax. Rupert had no option due to disease and being outgunned, but a furious Charles I stripped him of his offices. Images from our collection.

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2020-09-11

7 September 1642 the Royalist commander of George Goring surrendered the town under generous terms to Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller. Thread 1/2

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2020-09-07

📅#OTD in 1643, House of Commons votes against an inquiry over losses in the west by 51 to 30.
It had been proposed by Lord General Essex after the defeats of his subordinate & rival, William Waller, at Roundway Down, Lansdown & the loss of Bristol.

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2020-08-03

31 July 1645 Bath in Somerset was captured in a surprise attack by Parliamentarian forces led by Colonel John Okey. Okey was a commissioner at Charles I's trial in 1649, and executed as a Regicide in 1662. Image in our collection.

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2020-07-31

10 July 1645 Royalist forces under Lord George Goring were routed at the Battle of Langport, Somerset by the New Modelled Army under Sir Thomas Fairfax. Fleeing Royalists set upon by local clubmen in retribution for their depredations on the area.

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