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18 September 1644 was the Battle of Montgomery, the largest battle fought in Wales during the Royalist forces under Lord Byron were defeated by Sir John Meldrum, leaving the Parliamentarians in control of central Wales.

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2021-09-18

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

⚔️#OTD 1643, Battle of Lansdown Hill,
Ralph Hopton's royalists fight their way up the 150 foot hill.
Overnight, the parliamentarians withdraw, but Hopton is then blinded by an accidental gunpowder explosion - 'hardly so much life as not to be numbered with the dead'.

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2021-07-05

Sept 1649, newsbook 'A perfect diurnall' reports: 'Letter [was] intercepted going from a prisoner in the to the Lord Cottington, wherein... the hopes of that party depends upon his Majesties seeming compliance, with Lilburne & the Levelling party' 1/3.

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2021-07-01

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

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

Yesterday, 12 Parliamentarians jointly called on the government to improve the ability for Hong Kongers to find safe refuge in Canada. We need to allow the asylum application process at Canadian embassies & consulates outside of Hong Kong.

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2021-03-17

Anatole Orlov, fancy man, son of a parliamentarian, cultist, and caretaker of Masya, the most perfectest little lady

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2021-03-10

He wasn't the only parliamentarian notable for developing a new dog breed. According to one tradition, the 2nd duke of Newcastle bred his Clumber Spaniels from animals rescued from the French Revolution

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2021-03-04

📅#OTD 1645, Sir Marmaduke Langdale & his renowned Northern Horsemen defeat Parliamentarian cavalry at Melton Mowbray.
Langdale (known as 'The Ghost') was en-route to the relief of where the Northerners' friends were under siege.

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2021-02-25

Dear Prime Minister

We are holding you to your 2019 promise to

225 MPs support 'Full Restitution' and had not closed the popular Motion would have been signed by more parliamentarians.

Congrats Sir Terence Etherton

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2020-12-28

18 September 1644 was the Battle of Montgomery, the largest battle fought in Wales during the Royalist forces under Lord Byron were defeated by Sir John Meldrum, leaving the Parliamentarians in control of central Wales.

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2020-09-18

Day 17: These two duelists come from the English Civil War, which raged from 1642–1651. The black rose duelist is a parliamentarian and the princely duelist with the white rose is a royalist.

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2020-09-18

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

As the six Parliamentarians binded to him fall, he grows more powerful and more prescient. He forms a plan to destroy The Potentate's Speaker once he's finally free, putting the pieces in motion, carefully swapping around fake artifacts when no one is looking. He will win.

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2020-07-17

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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2020-06-24

1891: Death of Co James Patrick Mahon. Colourful character who was nationalist journalist, barrister, parliamentarian & international mercenary! Claimed to have instigated & fought 13 duels! Favourite of royalty who travelled world! https://t.co/jNPuLTOKdX

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2020-06-15

2 June 1643 Parliamentarian Midlands & Eastern commanders met at Nottingham: Lord Grey, Lord Willoughby, Oliver Cromwell, Sir John Gell & Capt. Hotham. Cromwell's plan to advance into Yorkshire to support the Fairfaxes was rejected.

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2020-06-02

4 May 1643 Royalist forces commanded by William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle, stormed the town of after a skirmish at the town's bridge, defended by local Parliamentarians including 30 boys from the town's grammar school.

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2020-05-04