March 29th, 1644 -The Battle of Cheriton - Sir William Waller’s Parliamentarian army was all that stood between Lord Hopton’s Royalist forces and London. With many on the
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ENGLISH CIVIL WAR HISTORY: MARCH 29TH, 1644 AND MARCH 30TH, 1643
Posted in English Civil War, tagged Battle of Cheriton, Battle of Seacroft Moor, Charles I of England, English Civil War, History on March 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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Posted in English Civil War, tagged Bolton, Bolton Massacre, Earl of Derby, English Civil War, History, Rupert of the Rhine on March 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
March 28th, 1643 – The Earl of Derby leads his Royalist army in another attempt to drive the Parliamentarians out of Bolton. This attack was
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Posted in English Civil War, tagged Charles I of England, English Civil War, History, Malmesbury, William Waller on March 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
March 26th, 1643 – William Waller and his Parliamentarian forces take the
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Posted in English Civil War, tagged Earl of Derby, English Civil War, History, Oliver Cromwell on March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
March 18th, 1643 – Having gathered reinforcements for his Royalist army at Latham Hall, the Earl of Derby leads his forces in an assault on
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Posted in English Civil War, tagged English Civil War, History, Oliver Cromwell on March 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
March 16th, 1647 – Wales’ Harlech Castle, long a Royalist stronghold throughout
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Posted in English Civil War, tagged English Civil War, History, Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Fairfax 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron on March 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
March 12th, 1644 – Sir Thomas Fairfax, realizing Lady Derby is just playing for time in hopes that relief will arrive for Latham House, calls
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Posted in English Civil War, tagged English Civil War, History, John Meldrum, Siege on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
March 8th, 1644 – Sir John Meldrum, just two days after beginning a
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Posted in English Civil War, tagged English Civil War, History, Queen Henrietta Marie on March 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
March 7th, 1643 – Queen Henrietta Marie, the self-styled “She- Majesty, La Generalissima”, and her caravan of supplies and mercenaries for King
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Posted in English Civil War, tagged England, English Civil War, History, Pontefract Castle, West Yorkshire on March 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
March 1st, 1645 – Sir Marmaduke Langdale and his Northern Horse
THIS DATE IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR HISTORY: WOMEN’S STUDIES STUDENTS TAKE NOTE
Posted in English Civil War, tagged Charles I of England, English Civil War, History, John Meldrum, Siege, Thomas Fairfax 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron on February 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
February 28th, 1644 – Latham House, one of the few Royalist strongholds left in Lancaster by 1644, came under siege by
